Pain

Pain can be used, most people try to hide from pain, some try to ignore it. Pain is one of the greatest tools at diposal to you, pain can tell you how injured you are, it also reminds you your still alive. Here I will teach you an inner alchemy, transforming pain into anger, and anger into strength. A warning though, you must have a clear grasp of gathering the force, this is a draining exercise and I would caution you that once you can harness it to only use it when absolutely needed.

Sit in your usual meditation spot in your usual position. Relax completely and begin a slow and steady,rythmic breathing. Breathe through your nose and out your mouth, each inhale should be as if your breathing in the universe, each exhale should be as if your spirit is expanding out over the stars. Use your lower belly and not your upper chest to breathe, begin to focus your consiousness on the one point. The area about 3 inches below your navel. Continue this until each complete breathe takes a full minute to finish (30 second inhale/30second exhale).

Now use whatever method you use to gather your (Ki, life energy, etc.), there are many and I will not explain what one should already know before beginning. Once the force is gathered to you I want you to focus on a painful moment in your life, this can be a physical, or emotional pain (note: physical pain seems to work better in action and emotional in meditation). It must be a moment of immense pain, one that the mere thought of can cause you to wince. Once you have this moment, feed on it allow it to engulf your being, don’t look away from it. When it becomes unbearable begin to accuse your pain, how not right it was that it happened to you, how unfair it is… how someone else deserved it more than you. Let yourself become angry about it, let your indignation grow. Let it permeate your every cell starting from the one point and then flowing out, engulfing you.

If done properly and with the right focus, your body will trigger an adreniline dump, your endorphins (the bodies natural pain killers) will also be triggered. You will be granted with a great increase in physical and mental ability, you could do this without focusing your (Ki, life force) as well. But it won’t be as long or as focused, also once it is over you will be particulary drained, as the surge of adreneline and calling upon the force (Ki, Chi, etc.) will be taxing indeed. Do not use this needlessly or irresponibly, for long term effects of overuse would become apparent. High blood pressure, anxiety, and other problems, all things come at a price.

A simple way to avoid these draining and degenerative effects is to not become so overwhelmed by anger as to have an adreniline dump. This exercise is a way to focus your pain, not be ruled or beaten down by it. The transformaiton of pain into anger will give you extreme focus to get things done, pain and anger are powerful motivators. So play with it, learn to control your pain and anger levels accordingly. You achieve great mental focus as well as physical, it is also a perfect lesson in controlled passion. It is way to turn a negative and possibly debilitating emotion into a constructive one (many are ruled by their pain). It may also be noted that you can use fear in exactly the same way.

If you can learn to do this without lengthy meditation then the methods in which to use it should become apparent. Most will see it only in its combat effectiveness and it is true this will be one of the easiest times to call upon pain to trigger anger but this is by no means the only way or reason to use it. As in most things you can use it to hurt or to help, for good or evil, but this is for the user to decide, not the teacher. Suspension enthusiasts use pain all the time for a spiritual awakening, I do not advocate the use of this ability for either, nor do I claim it will work for everyone, nor that everyone should use it. Take this knowledge and use it wisely and responsibly…