Power of Now; Step-3
Published: 1997 & Pages: 236
11x Steps
Step-3
You are Medicine for Your Pain
Imagine you’re really good at living in the present and not worrying about the past or future. But what if you feel pain? How do you handle physical and emotional hurt when it happens in the present?
Pain happens when you don’t like how things are but feel powerless to change them. It’s like an inner resistance to things you can’t control. This makes you unhappy, and it feels like a negative emotion.
Because you think a lot about the past and future but can only live in the present, you can’t change some things that make you unhappy. This creates an inner resistance, which feels like pain.
Another kind of pain is the “pain-body,” a part of you that needs you to feel pain to survive. It grows stronger with every painful experience, making you feel miserable and sad.
This cycle can go on for a long time until the pain becomes a big part of you. You might even be scared to let it go because it feels like you’d be losing a part of yourself.
For example, when something makes you annoyed or frustrated, and you get angry, it’s your pain-body taking control. This anger makes it hard to think clearly and leads to more pain.
Even though it seems like pain comes from the outside world, most of it is self-created. The good news is, because you create it, you can do something about it – and you’ll learn how in the next part.
بسم اللہ الرحمان الرحیم
اردو ترجمہ جلد اپ لوڈ کیا جاےَگا، انشاءاللہ
10x Short Questions
1. What happens when you feel pain, according to the paragraph?
Pain is a result of not liking how things are and feeling unable to change them.
2. Why do you experience pain, emotionally?
It happens when you develop inner resistance to things you can’t control, creating a negative feeling.
3. What is the "pain-body" mentioned in the paragraph?
It’s a part of yourself that needs you to feel pain to survive and grows stronger with each painful experience.
4. Why can living in the present sometimes be challenging?
Because you think about the past and future a lot, but you can only live in the present.
5. How does the paragraph describe the cycle of self-created pain?
It can continue until the pain becomes a significant part of you, and you may be afraid to let it go.
6. What happens when your pain-body takes control?
It clouds your ability to think and act rationally, leading to more pain.
7. Where does most of the pain come from, according to the paragraph?
Most pain is self-created, coming from within, even though it seems like it comes from the outside world.
8. Why might you be scared to let go of pain?
Because pain can become a significant part of your identity, and letting it go feels like losing a part of yourself.
9. What emotion does the paragraph mention as a result of feeling unsatisfied with things?
It manifests as a negative feeling.
10. What is the good news about self-created pain?
Because you create it, you have the power to do something about it.
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