Monday, July 26, 2010

pain dialogues 2

i want to assist people who suffer chronic pain... those with longstanding traumas... those who have wounds running so deep they don't know how to exist without them.. i want to work with specialists to ease their pain.. i want love to slowly break the old patterns like safety glass, where the damage is as minimal as can be..

there are those who suffer and secretly want to.. what about those who suffer & don't want to suffer anymore?

are we not here to help one another on our journey? if your joy is my joy, i don't want your pain to be my pain.. but it is. so long as we agree that we are resonances of an eternally pulsating universe, we have to admit we are all connected..

i understand what extreme pain feels like, to an extent.. i will never be so pretentious as to say "I know what you're going through." because i never will.
i can only sense what you are going through and perhaps even feel it... but my duty as a healer is to hold fort as i transfer energy to you, at a level that your body can currently handle, give you reflex points on your body that ease pain in corresponding areas of pain, suggest natural anti-inflammatory foods, supplements and herbs that will soothe, recommend exercise and postures that will get you back on your feet. All this, however, is secondary, unless you love yourself, so unconditionally, that the pain becomes a path to healing itself..

what are the core beliefs that hold you back from reaching for your destiny? do you believe that you are powerless, unworthy, unlovable? we all hold these beliefs, to some extent. can you not see the abundance of the universe? there is enough, for everyone.. enough to survive & thrive.. but for that, wisdom is the keystone.

when you look your pain in the eye, see beyond the sensations caused by pressure, temperature, inflammation, nerve damage.. see it as your body gently redirecting your attention to an organ/system that needs to be addressed.. and work with your body. i understand what unbearable physical pain feels like and the kind of levels of frustration it can approach in the calmest of human beings. i understand how bloody difficult it is to live in the moment, when your neurons are firing like a squad. but i do understand that my body is crying out to me, telling me something that only i can hear.. yet it feels like a silent scream..

this is what galvanises us into action.. that pain has our secrets. chronic, unbearable pain holds our deepest secrets, our shadows, our traumas from another dimension, perhaps.

listen to the pain... that pain has stories within it, layers of history.. but within this pain are the keys to your healing, the seeds to your future.. a future where you will feel so healthy that you will forget the nature of this awful pain. never for a moment lose hope.. or love, for that matter.

love can break down the most solid will, the oldest belief system, the hooded ego, the wall of defense.. let love guide you in every which way, because love exists independent of us and only asks that we tap into its powerful field..

pain cannot exist in the presence of powerful love.. you yourself know how a lover's touch melts away the day's tension.. how simply placing a compassionate hand on an area that hurts instantly soothes it.. accepting love is only as important as giving it, otherwise giving love in excess is often a compensation for not allowing ourselves to be loved..

indeed, our walls need to be broken for love to come in.. but it is love itself that will break down the wall.. then the choice is yours to make.. to love (and to accept love), no matter the odds, no matter how deep the pain.

2 comments:

Naveen said...

Hi Karen, i would love to know how you go about this healing? It has been a calling for me as well, one that i am still trying to come to terms with and understand whats required of me. Would love to share notes if thats ok by you. Thanks.

Karen Starr said...

Hey Naveen, every person needs something different, but basically compassion, energy healing using the hands, reflexology and trauma release techniques are some of options one could use.. i wish we could meet and discuss this because it's so personal.. are you in Chennai, by the way?