Hearing the person and the pain
I wrote at one time about someone speaking incessantly of what pains him. I now see that that is not whole-making, expressed that way, for I have not heard the person and his pain. I said he needed to become aware, which is true, but I do too. We are all doing our work, some with attention, some unconsciously. We can help one another become aware, and hear our own and each other’s pain toward healing. There is a time when the person wants to hold on to the pain as if it were their identity. Pain is never a person’s identity but the block to its flow. So attention must be paid, but to what wants to flow. Pain ought to be temporary, even if we need to call it to mind every once in a while.
:- Doug.
