Whyisthepain-bodymoreofanobstacleforwomen?
Thepain-bodyusuallyhasacollectiveaswell asapersonal
aspect. The personal aspect is the accumulated residue of
emotionalpainsufferedinone'sownpast.Thecollectiveone
is thepainaccumulatedinthecollectivehumanpsycheover
thousands of years through disease, torture, war, murder,
cruelty, madness, and soon.Everyone's personal pain-body
alsopartakesofthiscollectivepain-body.Therearedifferent
strands in the collective pain-body. For example, certain
races or countries in which extreme forms of strife and
violence occur have a heavier collective pain-body than
others. Anyone with a strong pain-body and not enough
consciousness to disidentify from it will not only
continuously or periodically be forced to relive their
emotional pain but may also easily become either the
perpetrator or the victim of violence,depending onwhether
their pain-body is predominantly active or passive. On the
other hand, they may also be potentially closer to
enlightenment. This potential isn't necessarily realized, of
course, but if you are trapped in a nightmare you will
probably be more strongly motivated to awaken than
someone who is just caught in the ups and downs of an
ordinarydream.
Apart from her personal pain-body, every woman has
hershareinwhatcouldbedescribedasthecollectivefemale
pain-body —unless she is fullyconscious.This consists of
accumulated pain suffered by women partly through male
subjugationofthefemale,throughslavery,exploitation,rape,
childbirth, child loss, and so on, over thousands of years.
The emotional or physical pain that for many women
precedes andcoincideswith the menstrual flowis the pain-
bodyinitscollectiveaspectthatawakensfromitsdormancy
atthattime,althoughitcanbetriggeredatothertimestoo.It
restricts the free flow of life energy through the body, of
which menstruation is a physical expression.Let's dwell on
thisforamoment andseehowitcanbecomeanopportunity