hi lost soul,
yeah, trying to go after pain as the 'one true answer' is as silly as anything else we might pick as the 'one true answer'. The very chasing around after it keeps you away from it... the curse of the loa... and really like you say that while it might have uses it isn't very satisfying. Especially socially.
but the answer isn't in the pain itself it is in what comes next, as far as I can tell.
But the reason it is so hard to deal with for me is I've been accustomed in many past lives to look for the 'one true feeling' that will solve all my problems... and I naturally want that to be a 'good' feeling... whereas the kinds of pains I'm likely to be put in induce vibratory states, usually states others wouldn't approve of, and therefore aren't a 'one true feeling' in the way I'm accustomed to seeking it and at the same time I feel like i'm going to draw ire...
Sigh...
