February 18, 2010
The Message of Pain
Valuable Information
Dear DailyOM Friend,
By now I hope you've had a chance to read the first 45 pages of my new book, DailyOM: Learning to Live. If you liked what you read, I hope you will be able to enjoy the rest of the book in its physical form. If you are thinking of buying the book, I would like to encourage you to do so soon and begin to discuss its topics with your friends and family. In today's world, we need all the help we can get to come together as one, and it is my hope that this book will be a catalyst to do so.
Thank you deeply for your support, and I appreciate you taking the time to read DailyOM everyday.
Blessings,
Madisyn Taylor
DailyOM Co-founder
Click here to order DailyOM: Learning to Live
(Regular DailyOM message follows)
When you feel emotional or physical pain, take the time to tune in and listen for the message.
When we feel pain, our first impulse is often to eradicate it with medication. This is an understandable response, but sometimes in our hurry to get rid of pain, we forget that it is the body's way of letting us know that it needs our attention. A headache can inform us that we're hungry or stressed just as a sore throat might be telling us that we need to rest our voice. If we override these messages instead of respond to them, we risk worsening our condition. In addition, we create a feeling of disconnectedness between our minds and our bodies.
Physical pain is not the only kind of pain that lets us know our attention is needed. Emotional pain provides us with valuable information about the state of our psyche, letting us know that we have been affected by something and that we would do well to focus our awareness inward. Just as we tend to a cut on our arm by cleaning and bandaging it, we treat a broken heart by surrounding ourselves with love and support. In both cases, if we listen to our pain we will know what to do to heal ourselves. It's natural to want to resist pain, but once we understand that it is here to give us valuable information, we can relax a bit more, and take a moment to listen before we reach for medication. Sometimes this is enough to noticeably reduce the pain, because its message has been heard. Perhaps we seek to medicate pain because we fear that if we don't, it will never go away. It can be empowering to realize that, at least some of the time, it is just a matter of listening and respond! ing.
The next time you feel pain, either physical or emotional, you might want to try listening to your own intuition about how to relieve your pain. Maybe taking a few deep breaths will put an end to that headache. Perhaps writing in your journal about hurt feelings will ease your heart. Ultimately, the message of pain is all about healing.
Top 10 DailyOM Courses: 1. Overcoming Self-Sabotage
2. Heal Yourself with Writing
3. Heal Your Money Karma
4. Permanent Weight Loss with Self-Hypnosis
5. A Year of Rumi
6. The Best Year of Your Life
7. Activating Your Personal Power
8. Falling in Love with Yourself
9. Heal Yourself With Ayurveda
10. Mastering Self-Hypnosis
New Courses | All Courses
Click to download the first 45 pages of the new book DailyOM: Learning to Live What do you think?
Discuss this article and share your opinion Want more DailyOM?
Register for your free email, or browse all articles | |  Share the OM:
  From the Library:
The Gift Of Our Compulsions
by Mary O'Malley More DailyOM:
On-line Courses Soul Readings Today's Horoscopes Shop the Marketplace Join the Community |
No comments:
Post a Comment