> [NOTE: this is not an original writing. It's copied from the book 'Grace
> and Grit' by Ken Wilbur]
>
> I have a body, but I am not my body. I can see and feel my body, and what
> can be seen and felit is not the true Seer. My body may be tired or
> excited, sick or healthy, heavy or light, anxious or calm, but that has
> nothing to do with my inwasrd I, the Witness. I have a body, but I am not
> my body.
>
> I have desires, but I am not my desires. I can know my desires, and what
> can be known is not the true Knower. Desires come and go, floating through
> my awareness, but they do not affect my inward I, the Witness. I have
> desires but I am not desires.
>
> I have emotions, but I am not my emotions. I can feel and sense my
> emotions, and what can be felt and sensed is not the true Feeler. Emotions
> pass through me, but they do not affect my inward I, the Witness. I have
> emotions, but I am not emotions. ...

>
> My brother-in-law is highly accomplished in yoga and martial arts. He has
> used this formula often, even in some challenging situations. Going to
> the dentist is one he's tried. He was able to get his tooth drilled and
> filled without anasthetic, but he backed off of doing an extraction that
> way.
>
> Whether you identify with your pain or not, you still feel it. There are
> limits to how much we can ignore, although exactly what those limits are
> may vary widely from one individual to the next.

> On Sat, 07 Oct 2006 22:57:03 +0200 "Bassos"
> exploded onto the scene and screamed incoherantly:
>

>>
>> "Tom" comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:0LidneZENa_vlbXYnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d@comcast.com...

>>>
>>> My brother-in-law is highly accomplished in yoga and martial arts. He
>>> has used this formula often, even in some challenging situations. Going
>>> to the dentist is one he's tried. He was able to get his tooth drilled
>>> and filled without anasthetic, but he backed off of doing an extraction
>>> that way.
>>>
>>> Whether you identify with your pain or not, you still feel it. There
>>> are limits to how much we can ignore, although exactly what those limits
>>> are may vary widely from one individual to the next.

>>
>> There is the good old way of redirecting focus. Pushing the nail of the ...

>
> There is the good old way of redirecting focus.
> Pushing the nail of the thumb into another finger to redirect attention
> from one signal of pain to another (more manageable but of) pain.
> I do not think there is an actual body of research concerning this
> redirecting pain.
> For me it has worked.

>
> "Bassos" wrote in message
> news:452814a2$0$4519$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...

>>
>> There is the good old way of redirecting focus.
>> Pushing the nail of the thumb into another finger to redirect attention
>> from one signal of pain to another (more manageable but of) pain.
>> I do not think there is an actual body of research concerning this
>> redirecting pain.
>> For me it has worked.

> This does work for certain things,

> pain only can reach one spot in your brain at a time so you can redirect
> it for sure.

> On Sat, 07 Oct 2006 23:20:07 +0200 "Bassos"

>> Humble ? before me ?
>> "wadda mistaka tomaka"

>
> Naaa.. I try to be polite.

>>> Pain is an attention whore.

>>
>> Slap !!!!

>
> O_o
> What was that for??

>
>
> There is the good old way of redirecting focus.
> Pushing the nail of the thumb into another finger to redirect attention
> from one signal of pain to another (more manageable but of) pain.
> I do not think there is an actual body of research concerning this
> redirecting pain.

>
> "Bassos" wrote in message
> news:452814a2$0$4519$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...

>>
>>
>> There is the good old way of redirecting focus.
>> Pushing the nail of the thumb into another finger to redirect attention
>> from one signal of pain to another (more manageable but of) pain.
>> I do not think there is an actual body of research concerning this
>> redirecting pain.

>
> Actually there is a growing body of research, and a theory behind how it
> works. It's called the "Gate Control Theory" and it posits that pain
> signals must move through certain nerve junctures which have a finite
> carrying capacity. A competing stimulus could block some or all of the
> pain signal at those junctures.
>
> http://www.spine-health.com/topics/cd/pain/chronic_pain_theories/chronic_pain_theory02... ...

> On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 10:14:17 +0200 "Bassos"
> exploded onto the scene and screamed incoherantly:
>

>>
>> "blu" wrote in message
>> news:pan.2006.10.07.22.54.38.104053@utbwltt...

>>> On Sat, 07 Oct 2006 23:20:07 +0200 "Bassos"

>>
>>
>>

>>>> Humble ? before me ?
>>>> "wadda mistaka tomaka"

>>>
>>> Naaa.. I try to be polite.

>>
>> Do, or do not do, there is no try !!!!!

>
> Well, I once said I was polite to the point of ridiculousness. There's a ...