Why Do You Feel Pain?

为什么你觉得痛？

Q: After sitting for so long, I ache everywhere. I don’t know what to do.

A: Grit your teeth and endure! You must show some perseverance!
How can you lose the battle due to aches? You should tell yourself, “You’re afraid of pain? I like pain. You will have to listen to me as the legs belong to me. I do not belong to the legs. You will have to listen to me. You may feel pains and aches. I don’t care!”

Similarly, you can consider this: earth, water, fire, and wind form a body.

When I feel pain, what is it that feels the pain? Earth? Water? Fire? Or wind?

The four elements are all false and without consciousness, without feeling.

Why then do you feel pain? If you can cross the hurdle of pain, you are a person of initial resolve.
Q: Master! I have heard from others that sitting in meditation is no good as it may hurt the internal organs.

A: No! No! Even if the internal organs were made of paper and glue,sitting in meditation would not damage them. It is only when you eat the wrong things or eat toxic substances that the internal organs can get damaged. Sitting in meditation is not practicing inner qi gong. Do not be afraid.

问：坐得太久，我这边痛，那边也痛，不知道怎么办？

答：咬着牙挺着，你要拿出一点志气来！你痛一点就打败仗，那怎么可以？你应该对自己说：「你怕痛吗？我欢喜痛，你不听我的话是不行的，这个腿是属于我的，我不属于腿，所以你一定要听我的。你痛你的，我不管！」你要问一问「地水火风成一个身体，我痛是什么痛呢？是地痛？是水痛？是火痛？是风痛？」四大都是假的，无知无觉，为什么你觉得痛？你能把痛关打过了，那才是一个初发心的人。

问：师父！我听人家说静坐不好，有时会伤到内脏。

答：不会的，不会的！内脏就是纸糊的，打坐也不会伤到它，那是吃错东西，或者尽吃有毒的东西才会伤内脏。打坐并不是练内功，不要怕。