My mother and I both struggle with chronic pain but approach it through completely different spiritual lenses — she sees it as a cross to bear with meaning, I see it as something to heal and release — and instead of supporting each other we keep trying to convert each other.
More people experience this than they realize.
The same pain in two bodies is creating two different relationships with the sacred, and each person's meaning-making feels threatened by the other's approach.
“Where Are You with Body as spiritual vessel across traditions?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.