One of my favorite quotes is, "Everybody wants to go to Heaven but nobody wants to die," as I feel like it perfectly encapsulates our preference to remain attached to a known suffering, despite the chance of an unknown joy.
Healing is facilitated by the greater intelligence. You can call this intelligence 'nature,' 'God,' 'the Universe,' 'Spirit,' or 'the Self,' but regardless of what you refer to it as, it is this universal force that mends our broken bones, our broken hearts, and our broken spirits.
Years spent committed to convincing others of our invulnerability to pain can lead us to believe this falsehood ourselves, which, in turn, propels us toward self-destructive behaviors. Our disconnection from the reality of pain subconsciously drives us to seek ways to avoid confronting it.
