{"id":180,"date":"2009-06-16T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T00:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fizzyim.com\/tantraforawakening\/the-tantra-tip-of-the-day-pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate\/"},"modified":"2022-08-21T08:41:02","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T15:41:02","slug":"pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate\/","title":{"rendered":"Pain, the Friend We Don’t Appreciate"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>When pain arises, we just want it to stop. Why this? Why me? Why now? I don\u2019t deserve this pain. Go away! If it is physical we often take drugs to make stop. If it is emotional we may stuff it away, deny it or numb out in a variety of ways. Rarely do we embrace it as a friend. Pain is just not appreciated.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When we are in great pain it may completely overwhelm us. There is nothing but the pain. It feels like it will never end. We become victims of our pain. Pain is this thing, outside of us, causing us harm.<\/p>\n

Pain is not separate from who we are. Pain is a messenger we send to ourselves to communicate that something is not flowing, is out of alignment, and needs to shift so our energy can flow. Don\u2019t shoot the messenger.<\/p>\n

Pain is here to help; its purpose is to wake us up. What would happen if we saw pain as helpful friend? Instead of trying to get rid of it, we could greet it at the door and invite it in for tea. We could sit with it, listen to it and love it for showing up and sharing its truth with us.<\/p>\n

My own experience with pain has been that when I push it away, it only gets more demanding. When I turn to face it and listen to what it as to say I can embrace it. Then I open, and then there is a shift that changes my whole perspective. I am not a victim anymore. Pain is my ally. We share a common desire, which is to be present, integrated and whole.<\/p>\n

The next time you are in pain, instead of pushing it away. Face it and approach it as a friend. Ask questions. Listen deeply. Discover the gift hidden in the pain. Surrender, open, be present and love yourself.<\/strong>
\nwww.TantraGal.Blogspot.com<\/a>
\nwww.TantraForAwakening.com<\/a>
\n(C) Copyright 2009, Crystal Dawn Morris, all rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When pain arises, we just want it to stop. Why this? Why me? Why now? I don\u2019t deserve this pain. Go away! If it is physical we often take drugs to make stop. If it is emotional we may stuff it away, deny it or numb out in a variety of ways. Rarely do we …<\/p>\n

Pain, the Friend We Don’t Appreciate<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[943,945],"tags":[547,917],"yoast_head":"\nPain, the Friend We Don't Appreciate - Tantra for Awakening<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pain, the Friend We Don't Appreciate - Tantra for Awakening\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When pain arises, we just want it to stop. Why this? Why me? Why now? I don\u2019t deserve this pain. Go away! If it is physical we often take drugs to make stop. If it is emotional we may stuff it away, deny it or numb out in a variety of ways. Rarely do we … Pain, the Friend We Don’t Appreciate Read More »\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tantra for Awakening\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TantraForAwakening?fref=ts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-06-17T00:32:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-21T15:41:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1321733_14013964-150x150.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"TFA Crystal Sedona\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"TFA Crystal Sedona\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"TFA Crystal Sedona\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/#\/schema\/person\/146d88d1de04a7ae63413180c58e8f98\"},\"headline\":\"Pain, the Friend We Don’t Appreciate\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-06-17T00:32:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-21T15:41:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate\/\"},\"wordCount\":342,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Flow\",\"Tantra Tip\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Crystal View\",\"Tantra Practice\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate\/\",\"name\":\"Pain, the Friend We Don't Appreciate - Tantra for Awakening\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-06-17T00:32:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-21T15:41:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pain, the Friend We Don’t Appreciate\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/\",\"name\":\"Tantra for Awakening\",\"description\":\"Crystal Dawn Morris\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Tantra for Awakening\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrystalSedona\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCinVa2slDvYbeWXtj7YAvUg\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TantraForAwakening?fref=ts\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CrystalLogo4inch.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CrystalLogo4inch.jpg\",\"width\":1287,\"height\":974,\"caption\":\"Tantra for Awakening\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/#\/schema\/person\/146d88d1de04a7ae63413180c58e8f98\",\"name\":\"TFA Crystal Sedona\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d9fa793efb26eee510bbec0f7bfa5f31?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d9fa793efb26eee510bbec0f7bfa5f31?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"TFA Crystal Sedona\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/author\/tfa-crystal-sedona\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pain, the Friend We Don't Appreciate - Tantra for Awakening","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pain, the Friend We Don't Appreciate - Tantra for Awakening","og_description":"When pain arises, we just want it to stop. Why this? Why me? Why now? I don\u2019t deserve this pain. Go away! If it is physical we often take drugs to make stop. If it is emotional we may stuff it away, deny it or numb out in a variety of ways. Rarely do we … Pain, the Friend We Don’t Appreciate Read More »","og_url":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate\/","og_site_name":"Tantra for Awakening","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TantraForAwakening?fref=ts","article_published_time":"2009-06-17T00:32:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-08-21T15:41:02+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/1321733_14013964-150x150.jpg"}],"author":"TFA Crystal Sedona","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"TFA Crystal Sedona","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate\/"},"author":{"name":"TFA Crystal Sedona","@id":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/#\/schema\/person\/146d88d1de04a7ae63413180c58e8f98"},"headline":"Pain, the Friend We Don’t Appreciate","datePublished":"2009-06-17T00:32:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-21T15:41:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate\/"},"wordCount":342,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/#organization"},"keywords":["Flow","Tantra Tip"],"articleSection":["Crystal View","Tantra Practice"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate\/","url":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate\/","name":"Pain, the Friend We Don't Appreciate - Tantra for Awakening","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-06-17T00:32:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-21T15:41:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/pain-the-friend-we-dont-appreciate\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pain, the Friend We Don’t Appreciate"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/","name":"Tantra for Awakening","description":"Crystal Dawn Morris","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/#organization","name":"Tantra for Awakening","url":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/","sameAs":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrystalSedona","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCinVa2slDvYbeWXtj7YAvUg","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TantraForAwakening?fref=ts"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CrystalLogo4inch.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CrystalLogo4inch.jpg","width":1287,"height":974,"caption":"Tantra for Awakening"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/#\/schema\/person\/146d88d1de04a7ae63413180c58e8f98","name":"TFA Crystal Sedona","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d9fa793efb26eee510bbec0f7bfa5f31?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d9fa793efb26eee510bbec0f7bfa5f31?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"TFA Crystal Sedona"},"url":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/author\/tfa-crystal-sedona\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7258,"href":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions\/7258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tantraforawakening.org\/DEV-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}