Thread by @poonamdut

Why is it said that only psychological pain falls away after Enlightenment, but not physical pain? If Consciousness is our true nature and if it's really primary & prior to everything, then wouldn't we also be free of physical pain too?
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Pain is a general word universally applied to both body and mind.

But, are they both ‘pain’ ?

A lustful man could not possess a woman, and is suffering pain. A child was bitten by an ant, and is crying in pain.

Is it fair to call both by the same word and idea called ‘pain’ ?

A psychological pain is purely caused by attachment and delusion.

Then, what is physical pain.

It is not pain. It is body’s signal mechanism that something has to be set right. This unpleasantness instructs the brain to take some action and correct it.
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Otherwise if a snake bites you while you were asleep, you would be gone in sleep. Or you wouldn't know if your hands burnt touching fire. You would hurt yourself many times & you will not know. The worst is, you would not know even if you had an attack or stroke.
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have heard of cases where children could not feel pain, and the parents would give all their wealth just to make their child feel the pain.

There is a physical pain, and there is a mental brooding over this physical pain, converting it into psychological pain.
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That's why the psychological pain of a similar physical pain is different for a brave heart & a chicken heart.

Ramana Maharishi had cancer in His hand & suffered physical pain aka mechanism of body. Since He was not attached to His body or hand, there was no psychological pain.

Physical pain is a life saving mechanism. Psychological pain is absolute ignorance, and absolutely avoidable.

Credit: Siddharth T Janakiraman
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