Satisfied Buddhist - Domo Geshe Rinpoche

There are quantum shifts in awareness, (the alert state of our life force process) that we already possess. For example if the body is injured, awareness jumps to the body, and we often become non-thinking, only physically reactive. In effect, our life force become pain, pain, pain! The opposite occurs in orgasm, awareness floods to the physical, again becoming non-thinking. The mind can also demand the full portion of awareness; for example, a pleasurable task or even an engrossing movie can make us unaware of the body. We can forget to eat or even sleep. The suffering of mental illness is fed by the grasping of the mind to itself like an octopus in distress, unable to release its hold on awareness. The subconscious mind is an inner or more subtle mind than the ordinary mind that also has pleasure and pain desires, which drags primary awareness (life force) to its needs. An example of this is the sleep and dream state. There are even more inner minds and more development needed. T...

Pain is an indication of something wrong. That is true for both physical or emotional pain. Once we identify the source of our pain, we can, with training, change our perception of pain to a perception of sensation only, without further suffering. However, our fear of pain is yet another layer of suffering, unrelated to the problem. We should work steadily now, with discipline, to overcome the perceptions we hold about the stresses and pains of daily life before we are immersed in manifest pain. Although we are the most motivated to rid ourselves of pain while experiencing it, that is the time we are unable to do so because at that time the mind is overwhelmed by suffering. ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche~~~ ""Schmerz ist das Anzeichen dafür, dass etwas nicht in Ordnung ist. Dies trifft sowohl auf körperlichen wie auf emotionalen Schmerz zu. Sobald wir die Ursache des Schmerzes identifiziert haben können wir durch Training unsere Wahrnehmung des Schmerzes zu einer Wahrne...