I had allowed my body to take whatever path it wished. The fact that it was guiding me and not I it gave me great pleasure. I had confidence. The body is not blind unwrought material when bathed in Greek light; it is suffused with abundant soul which makes it phosphoresce, and is left free, it is able to arrive at its own decision and find the correct road without the mind's intervention. Conversely, the soul is not an invisible airy phantom; it has taken on some body's sureness and warmth in its own right, and it savors the world with what you might call carnal pleasure, as though it had a mouth and nostrils and hands with which to caress this world. Man often lacks the persistence to maintain all of his humanity. He mutilates himself. Sometimes he wishes to be released from his soul sometimes from his body. To enjoy both together seems a heavy sentence. But here in Greece these two graceful, deathless elements are able to commingle like hot water with cold, the soul to take something from the body, the body from the soul. They become friends, and thus man, here on Greece's divine threshing floor, is able to live and journey unmutilated, intact. (Report to Greco) . N. Kazantzakis
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One of the most important things to do when you are in pain is allow yourself to enjoy the feeling. To enjoy the feeling of being in pain is a way of re-living your life. If you have ever watched someone in great pain and they do not appear to be enjoying it, then it could be that they are in fact not enjoying it. They may have thought that they were just enduring it but this was never the case.

Pain does not have to be endured it can be enjoyed because when you are in pain your body is exercising your muscles just as your body would when you are running or lifting weights. When you are in pain, your body is performing the same movements as when you are exercising. This makes it possible for you to feel pleasure by causing your muscles to work harder, making them stronger.

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