Hi Ly, I began this thread in April 08 mainly because I thought Tolle's description of "the pain-body" was
written in simplistic terms over 52 pages in A New Earth, and would be helpful for a layperson who knew
nothing of zazen and sitting and wanted to find a way out of the maze of negative thoughts and their
subsequent emotions they found themselves in every so often.
To answer Rich - yes Tolle does suggest a solution which is (nothing new here for Zen practitioners)to be
aware of the negative thoughts arising, the energy in the body that follows e.g. anger, and then to
acknowledge, allow, and then disidentify with both. In other words not to get hooked! (I still get
"hooked" every so often myself unless I catch it in time. However it's all grist for the mill.)
Jenny