The gap

Pain dissolves into awareness as the mind and ego lose grip on the identity. Pain is a product of the mind and ego in conflict. It is a refusal of the mind and ego to surrender. Pain increases as the mind rejects surrender and pain lessens as we detach from the mind and focus our attention within the center of pain. This centering reveals a gap between our inner awareness of self and our attention on the pain. When you can witness the gap between self and pain you begin the process of building a new identity based on awareness of your true self and not on the old identity which is cloaked in pain. Only the mind experiences pain, there is no pain in your awareness.