Acceptance of pain is the path to healing from "summary" of The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
When you completely accept this moment, when you no longer argue with what is, the compulsion to think lessens and is replaced by an alert stillness. You are fully conscious, yet the mind is not labeling this moment in any way. This state of inner non-resistance opens you to the unconditioned consciousness that is infinitely greater than the human mind. This vast intelligence can then express itself through you and assist you both from within and from without. The unconditioned consciousness can also be called the field of pure potentiality and pure creativity. When you no longer resist the present moment, you can also be said to be in alignment with the field of intelligence that underlies the entire cosmos.
The pain-body wants to survive, just like every other entity in existence, and it can only survive if it gets you to unconsciously identify with it. It can then rise up, take you over, "become you," and live through you. It needs to get its "food" through you. It will feed on any experience that resonates with its own kind of energy, anything that creates further pain in whatever form: anger, destructiveness, hatred, grief, emotional drama, violence, and even illness. So the pain-body, when it has taken you over, will create a situation in your life that reflects back its own energy frequency for it to feed on. Pain can only feed on pain. Pain cannot feed on joy. It finds it quite indigestible.
When you feel hurt, that's the time to be especially alert. The pain-body may try to control your thinking, your behavior, and become very ingenious in order to survive. It may create an illness in you or in your children, or cause an "accident." The pain-body will do anything to keep the negative energy field alive. It will emotionally manipulate you into unconsciously identifying with it, and it will try to absorb your life energy. It is as if you were possessed, as if you were hypnotized. It is the emotional pain-body.
The pain-body is a semi-autonomous psychic entity. It needs to feed on energy to survive, and it can extract energy from the negative thoughts that arise when you are in a state of unconsciousness, cut off from the power of the Now. Pain can only feed on pain. It finds it quite indigestible. It thrives on negative thinking as well as negative experiences, such as drama in relationships. It also needs your
