Avatar Comics - Experience the Pain

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Experiencing The Pain

Pain is a letter of request, written by the body to the mind, saying, 'Please pay attention to me!' because attention is energy. When attention is given to a particular area, that attention becomes energy for that area. When the body communicates pain, it is actually asking for attention or energy, which will help it heal.

Pain is always born from resistance to the present moment.

Understanding about pain and cause of pain is the only way of conquering pain. Conquering means to have or not to have, create or not to create, to inflict or not to inflict on somebody. If you master all these 6 dimension only then it is called as conquering. Otherwise it cant be called as conquering. Conquer pain through Understanding. This comic presents a story from the life of our beloved Swami on conquering pain.

A young boy in monk's robes and a red cloth sitting on rocks with a staff

ANNAMALAI SWAMIGAL WAS THE DIRECT DISCIPLE OF RAMANA MAHARISHI

Illustration of Ramana Maharishi sitting under trees with students in front of him

ANNAMALAI SWAMIGAL USED TO GIVE SATSANGS

Annamalai Swamigal giving candy to children

This is the best
part of the
session

I also
want that
chocolate

SWAMIJI WOULD ALWAYS GO TO HIS SATSANGS
BECAUSE HE WOULD GIVE CANDY AT
THE END OF THE SESSIONS

ONCE ANNAMALAI SWAMIGAL WAS TEACHING ABOUT "PAIN" IN ONE OF HIS SATSANGS

Annamalai Swamigal teaching a group of people

There is no pain

I know
there
is no pain

Yes,
I know
but how.......

SWAMIJI GOES BACK TO HIS HOME, THINKING ALL ABOUT "PAIN"

AT NIGHT TIME........

A person sitting on a mat at night with a thought bubble

I am not able to sleep, I want to test what is "pain"

NEXT MORNING SWAMIJI ENTERED THE KITCHEN.

Swamiji in the kitchen looking for test items

Let me see if
I can find anything
here to test on
"no pain"

AS HE ENTERED THE KITCHEN

A person in a kitchen with a speech bubble saying: Let me take that knife and test on my body if there is any pain

HE TOOK THE KNIFE AND.....

SWAMIJi CUT HiS RiGHT THiGH! THE SKiN TORE iN A CRiMSON GASH, BLOOD GUSHED OUT AND iNTENSE PAiN BLiNDED SWAMiJi, STiLL HE DiD NOT CRY. THERE WAS ONLY SiLENTS, ANGUiSHED WAiL OF "WHY? WHY?" WAS iN HiS MiND.

AFTER SOMETIME HE WAS UNABLE TO BEAR THE PAIN.

A young boy sitting on the floor in a kitchen, clutching his injured leg. He is thinking 'Uh, oh! what will my mother say?' and saying 'It is paining a lot! Let me go to mother'

HE WENT TO HIS MOTHER SHOWING HER THE CUT ON HIS RIGHT THIGH

Illustration of a boy showing his injured thigh to his mother

Mother!
look. I have
cut myself

Oh! What have you
done? What
happened?

Come, let us
immediately go
to the doctor!

THEY WENT TO THE NEARBY DOCTOR.

It is a very
deep cut.
We will have
to stitch it.

Doctor,
what has to
be done?

AFTER MEDICAL CARE WAS GIVEN BY THE DOCTOR.........

A doctor treating a patient who says it is paining a lot

It is paining a
lot! I cannot
bear it!