Eckhart Tolle defines the pain-body as the stored memories and emotions of people and events in the past. Logically, we know that it is our perception of people and events which creates our experience of reality. As we create a cache of negative memories and attached emotions, we store toxic energy in the very cells of our body.
Each time a new event triggers the stored memory, that event is interpreted in relation to the memory and added to the cache. Is it any wonder that our energy drags and our immune system gives way to disease? Have you ever blurted out in sheer frustration: You make me sick! Ummm, how does that make your stomach feel, your heart?
Our bodies do not interpret incoming data from the mind and emotions--it reacts! If I have a nightmare in which I perceive myself as being attacked, my body jerks me awake in total panic with elevated heart rate and gasping breath. If I see a frightening image on-screen, my body reacts to my perceptions as if I am the one in danger. Real or imagined, my body reacts.
Each time a new event triggers the stored memory, that event is interpreted in relation to the memory and added to the cache. Is it any wonder that our energy drags and our immune system gives way to disease? Have you ever blurted out in sheer frustration: You make me sick! Ummm, how does that make your stomach feel, your heart?
Our bodies do not interpret incoming data from the mind and emotions--it reacts! If I have a nightmare in which I perceive myself as being attacked, my body jerks me awake in total panic with elevated heart rate and gasping breath. If I see a frightening image on-screen, my body reacts to my perceptions as if I am the one in danger. Real or imagined, my body reacts.
An instinctive response is the body's
direct response to some external situation.
An emotion, on the other hand is the
body's response to a thought.
direct response to some external situation.
An emotion, on the other hand is the
body's response to a thought.
Self-image and unconscious assumptions are anchored in the pain-body according to Tolle. If I see myself as inadequate, unloved and undeserving of any good, my body and my life will reflect that belief. If I look for trouble, I will find it, trigger it or attract it.
The good news is that we don't have to feed and preserve the negative baggage. When we awaken to the true self and the Presence and Power of God indwelling, we can do a mental and emotional house cleaning to eliminate the stored pain. Tolle says that when we do this,
The good news is that we don't have to feed and preserve the negative baggage. When we awaken to the true self and the Presence and Power of God indwelling, we can do a mental and emotional house cleaning to eliminate the stored pain. Tolle says that when we do this,
Our very Presence the becomes
our identity, rather than our thoughts
and emotions.
our identity, rather than our thoughts
and emotions.
Leave the past behind and shake off the very dust from your feet...
Rev. Claudia Naylor
