Pain Dissolving in Being

"I notice during these dialogues and meditations that a terrible pain comes in my hip. But as I go deeper into being, the pain goes away. I’m curious about that. Rupert says: ‘Restless mind, restless body. Have you noticed in our morning meditations everyone is coughing for the first fifteen or twenty minutes, then total silence for the last twenty? The body’s agitation – coughing, sneezing, moving, thinking you need water – is often the mind looking for an excuse to avoid the now. The now feels like death to the ego, so anything will do as an avenue of escape. I’m not suggesting there may not be another cause for your hip pain, but when your mind is agitated you feel it more, and when your mind truly settles, the pain disappears. Ultimately, all pain is mental – more doctors are saying this now. What we call physical is consciousness stuff, not really physical stuff. There’s a deep correlation between the states of the mind and the condition of the body.’"

From event 21 - 28 November, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at The Vedanta, 21–28 November 2025

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