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unique capacity to the universal incorporation of all elements
sharing in the totality of the Unity of One.
Pain, the kind we feel when we anguish over certain
occurrences or circumstances. What it acco mplishes, what it
means; the co mmon denominator is a response to a stimulus
being considered aversive. The definition of aversive, however,
does not preclude beneficial since distasteful medication is
helpful, rebuke is helpful though it be painful, and, as such, this
research asserts that there is a higher purpose to pain. To
analyze this we shall look at the visible parameters of pain; a n
excessive stimulation that intrudes upon the nervous system, and
by virtue of imposition upon the brain that at the very conjecture
has the purpose of the stimulation that cause its cessation. Pain
is the cultural mode of the modern era for people to reclaim
some sense of humanity, hysteric life impulses seem to provide
their avenue for human expression, where all other alternatives
have been blocked. People get off on causing pain, even to
oneself.
On the philosophical level, the control center of the organis m
functions in a staid co mmunication with the extre mities where
the affliction occurred, say a thorn protruding through the sole
of my shoe. The mental process decides whether to treat the
stimulus as an offender. This should not impede my self-
governing, and this is where honor gets confused with pain. Am
I going to be angry at the thorn? So, if we take a minute to
consider our repulsion and what to do about it, the tang of the
pang is left to hang. We'll contemplate the action that will
reduce the sensation, re moval of the shoe, etc. But, no ! Maybe
doing so would tear the flesh and cause a worse dan ger, so we
suffer with equanimity until a reasonable solution can be found.
The sha me is likely to be more painful to the ego more than the
thorn does da mage to the foot. Nullification is in order.
Let's put our mind to work and try to look at time, not as a
straight line, but as if an infinite formation of soap bubbles,
bouncing and bursting inside the vast container we call eternity.
Maybe miniscule energy waves travel between the bubbles and
serve as "neural" pathways to connect between the m, to maintain
the status quo of independent functioning of each particle . The
trends that influence these pathways are even smaller "ato mic "
substance such as the germs conveyed upon streams of air
currents, itself microscopic patterns of heat germinating
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