What happens when physical pain prevents letting go in meditation?
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"When physical pain arises, it is your resistance born of fear; embrace it with love, and watch how it transforms into vitality."
According to Osho, when physical pain blocks letting go, it is your resistance—born of fear and ego—that creates the hurt. Stiffness collides with life and aches; nonresistance dissolves the clash. Relax, drop the fight, and absorb sensations like a judo master uses an attack—befriend the pain, the earth, the surrounding energy. In love, not fear, pain softens or transforms into vitality, and meditation opens naturally.
If pain won’t let you relax, you’re tensing against it; soften and let it flow through, and it eases and even helps you.
Why this matters practically
- Helps you meet discomfort without panic by softening instead of bracing.
- Converts daily bumps, noise, and stress into usable energy.
- Deepens meditation by replacing fear and ego with trustful relaxation.
- Converts daily bumps, noise, and stress into usable energy.
- Deepens meditation by replacing fear and ego with trustful relaxation.
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