My idea of Zen, inner peace, attempts to be a better and kinder
person along with detailed road map to anger, stress & health
management, all went out of the window with my shoulder injury.
My biggest problem with my current situation is that it’s
defying what I learned from the Indian and Chinese philosophy. The Yogi’s,
saints, judo master , martial arts guru’s and kung fu pandas have taught us
that pain, hunger, repetition makes you a better person. But I am grumpy and complaining
and at my lowest level of patience and restraint.
How does one meditate with hungry stomach or sitting on the
plank with nails or walk on fire and not want to punch someone. And mind you time is not a factor and you do not learn to see beyond the pain with time.
What am I missing? Why was the term 'no pain, no gain' coined? I have only gained a dirty house, wasted gym membership and bad temper as the result of this pain. Are there easier paths of enlightenment for people with lower pain tolerance?
For now i work out a plan restore me to my painless, Zen-less self. But now i have a new quest for 'painless gain' and to find a way to add Ibuprofen to my Chi.