From Pain to Joy

The global system we live in today, shared by all of humanity, is deeply dysfunctional. This is no longer a secret. Yet, we often avoid discussing it too openly because, in reality, most people don't know where to even begin when it comes to fixing it in a meaningful way. It's often easier to simply push the thought aside, because confronting the full scope of the problem is overwhelming, complicated, and, frankly, deeply painful.

The complexity of our collective issues, and the deep interconnections between them, can feel both heartbreaking and mind-boggling. Yes, it's difficult to face the reality of our situation, but staying in a state of denial or clinging to wishful thinking—hoping that one day it will magically get better—is even more ineffective, and potentially far more dangerous, as a strategy for dealing with our current challenges.

To truly understand the present, we must first accept and learn from the past that has shaped the "Now" we are experiencing. In order to create a more coherent and meaningful future system, we need to collectively heal, forgive, and transform our shared history. The reason we are so stuck in a dysfunctional collective system today is that we don't know how to accept and fully forgive the deep wounds and complex hurts of our history with the wisdom and compassion they require.

We continue to repeat the same patterns, driven by systemic fears and the unresolved trauma of our ancestors. As a result, we manifest a shared reality filled with misery, poverty, war, and abuse in a misguided attempt to heal and transcend what remains too painful and confusing to address. We co-create our shared world based on the limiting conditioning and deep suffering of those who came before us.

If we cannot fully process our trauma and fail to heal our collective wounds as a society today, future generations will inherit the same contradictions, inefficiencies, and deep inner suffering. Untransformed pain—the kind we carry within us—becomes a legacy we pass on to our children and grandchildren to confront in the future.

However, we have the choice to transform these collective traumas into a different legacy—one rooted in wisdom and inner resilience. By doing so, we can equip future generations with the guidance and support they need to thrive, rather than burdening them with the unresolved pain we were unable to address ourselves.

We inherit both—the magical gifts (the siddhis) and the suffering (the shadows)—as precious legacies from our ancestors. We can learn to access these superpowers and transform deep ancestral traumas within our own nervous systems to skillfully heal the deep suffering we feel in our own bodies and souls.

Our bodies are a multidimensional matrix, containing both conscious and unconscious content from the entire planet and its fascinating history. Our body can feel the suffering of all humanity. Many people do feel it and even suffer because of it deeply without even understanding why, or what they can do to stop it.

They sense the intense pain inside but feel completely powerless and without resources to meaningfully change it.

So, we turn to painkillers to numb our suffering.

And now we face an opium crisis.

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This morning, I felt inspired to conduct some research into a topic that has intrigued me—though I only began to understand its true depth today: the opium crisis in North America.

It all started with some news on big media about the discussions on the trade negotiations between Canada and the United States, which might address issues like drug trafficking, particularly fentanyl. My curiosity grew and I wanted to understand these issues from a broader perspective. Because I had no idea what fentanyl even was or why it was considered a "problem" worthy of serious international political and economic discussions.

I'd heard of the opium crisis, of course, but I was unaware of the deep historical connections it had with war, industrialisation, colonialism, and capitalism. What I learned was shocking—at one point in history, opium wars were used as a strategic tool to systematically strip countries of their sovereignty.

A striking example of this geopolitical game was played during the colonial era, between Europe and Asia.

Britain's trade deficit with China grew as demand for Chinese goods like tea, silk, and porcelain surged, while British goods failed to garner the same interest. To address this imbalance, Britain began exporting opium—grown in India—illegally to China. This trade became an important financial venture for Britain, but it also led to widespread addiction and social destruction in China.

In response to the growing crisis, the Qing Dynasty imposed strict measures, including banning opium and confiscating large quantities. This triggered a series of confrontations between Britain and China. Determined to protect their lucrative trade, the British launched military campaigns after China seized opium shipments and restricted British traders.

With their superior naval and military technology, Britain defeated China, leading to a series of unequal treaties that favored British interests.

The Opium Wars ended with the Treaty of Tientsin (1858) and the Convention of Peking (1860), which had profound consequences for China. These treaties legalized the opium trade, opened additional treaty ports to foreign powers, and allowed foreign legations in Beijing. They also permitted Christian missionaries to operate in China, further increasing foreign influence.

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The impact of the Opium Wars was devastating. Economically, China’s sovereignty and economy were shattered, effectively transforming the country into a semi-colony under foreign domination. Socially, the wars accelerated addiction, weakening the Qing Dynasty’s power and legitimacy. Globally, the Opium Wars highlighted the destructive nature of colonial exploitation and set a dangerous precedent for future imperialist actions in Asia.

The wars marked a pivotal moment in modern Chinese history, symbolizing the ongoing struggle for sovereignty against foreign oppression, and remain a deeply significant chapter in China's historical narrative.

The Opium Wars marked the beginning of what is often referred to as the "Century of Humiliation" for China.

This period, spanning from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century, was marked by a series of defeats, foreign invasions, and the imposition of unequal treaties that undermined China’s sovereignty and economic independence.

The Opium Wars, along with subsequent foreign interventions, left deep scars on the Chinese psyche, shaping the nation’s modern identity and fueling a long-standing desire to reclaim sovereignty and restore national pride. This period of humiliation would ultimately inspire the reforms and revolutions that led to the fall of the Qing Dynasty and the rise of modern China.

Opium played a central role in colonial strategies for a long time. It was one of the main products being shipped from Asia to Europe between the 17th and 19th centuries.

The opium trade was part of a broader pattern of exploiting resources from colonies to benefit European empires. It played a role in the complex systems of global trade and international politics that linked Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas during this period.

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Opium has profoundly influenced our current reality for several reasons, both due to its psychoactive effects and its role in historical trade dynamics.

The potency of opium comes from its active compounds, primarily morphine and codeine, which interact with the brain's opioid receptors to relieve pain and induce feelings of euphoria, relaxation, and sedation.

For centuries, opium was the most effective painkiller available.

Before the advent of modern anesthetics and synthetic drugs (or the ancient technics of advanced meditation practice and body work), it was commonly used in medical treatments across cultures. It was particularly prized for its ability to treat severe pain and ailments, making it valuable both in the East and the West. This medical value led to its widespread use and trade.

Opium’s addictive nature historically made it a powerful tool for social, political and economic control.

Widespread addiction to the substance can destabilize entire societies by diminishing individual autonomy and productivity, contributing to social and economic decline. As addiction takes hold, communities become more vulnerable to external pressures, including exploitation and manipulation by outside forces.

Efforts to curb the opium trade have often sparked resistance, as the substance becomes deeply integrated into the social and economic fabric, making its removal challenging.

This dynamic played a significant role in the broader history of imperialism and colonialism, where opium was used to weaken populations, allowing for greater control and dominance over them.

In short, our collective needs for 'painkillers' have literally shaped the creation of global capitalism. And today, they might still bear responsibility for the immense dysfunction within the international economic and geopolitical system.

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Today, we are experiencing the global opioid crisis. Ironically, the epicenter of this crisis is North America and other countries that were the "colonizers" in previous generations.

Currently, in Canada, more than 20 people die every single day from opioid overdose or misuse. The systemic seriousness of this issue is severely underestimated. The number of people who have died since last few years in Canada due to "painkillers" is comparable to the number of registered deaths from COVID. However, the action plan to address both health crises is very different.

In one case, we were able to transform how we live, how we work, how we govern, and how we relate to others or our community. We even reshaped the entire world’s economy and politics in less than three years. In the second, we have done almost nothing. People still desperately need "painkillers" in order to survive, function, and live normally in this world.

So, how should we address this crisis?

If the crisis is about painkillers, what should we do to resolve it efficiently? Clearly, we should address the pain itself. If we are no longer in pain because we know how to coherently transform and transmute it, we would not need any "killers" for it. And if there is no need for it, there wouldn't be a crisis either.

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What is pain?

Pain is a complex and multifaceted experience that can be physical, emotional, or psychological.

It is generally understood as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. However, its definition extends beyond simple bodily discomfort, as it encompasses both the subjective and objective aspects of suffering.

Understanding pain from both a biological and psychological perspective is critical in addressing and treating it effectively, especially in cases where it transcends physical injury and becomes chronic, mental or emotional in nature.

The real crisis of opioids in Canada primarily revolves around psychological suffering, not bodily pain from illness. Most, if not all, physical pains and mental struggles, including injuries and chronic diseases, are directly related to deep, often unconscious, emotional suffering.

When someone is not well-equipped to coherently and efficiently process painful emotions, those emotions may manifest physically, communicating through illness, pain or sickness. Thet may also confuse the mind and create neurological imbalances in the brain.

If we don’t know how to take proper care of our emotional health, one day we will inevitably generate deep inefficiencies and dysfunctions in our physical and mental health as well.

If our hearts suffer for real, our bodies and minds will most likely experience deep pain too.

We now have the complete spectrum of possible—and even impossible—drugs to deal with our mental and physical suffering. But what is our current medicine for healing the heart and our emotions? To "kill" the silent pain we feel in the deepest parts of our soul?

We use the same drugs to numb psychological suffering too. This is actually why the network of illegal drugs is so widespread. Many drug addicts use substances to numb or stop the emotional pain they feel. They primarily "self-medicate" their hearts with drugs.

However, we already know that opium or other drugs are not really painkillers; they are pain-relievers at best. It is impossible to "kill" pain. Drugs simply trick and confuse the brain into believing that the suffering is gone. But the pain remains, hidden beneath the surface. We are not free of it; we are just unaware of it.

Opium is a Trickster and Magician, not a Healer or Killer of deep emotional pain.

Pain can be numbed, projected somewhere else, or skillfully transformed into something else entirely. Drugs numb the suffering, offering temporary relief. But what truly transforms pain? How do we create joy and holistic health by transmuting deep suffering, rather than endlessly numbing it with mediocre "painkillers"?

How do we heal our collective heart for real?

How do we co-create a social system that is truly safe for emotional health and coherent with our humanity and its authentic needs for a happy and joyful life? How do we eradicate all forms of physical and mental sickness at their core? How do we holistically regenerate our beings and society to make the need for painkillers completely irrelevant?

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Everything is healable.

Every pain and every sickness can be transformed. Our bodies are already programmed for ultimate health and even deep self-regeneration. We can either support that process of natural healing or resist it, becoming sicker over time.

How do we support the natural healing process?

It’s all about systemic coherence. When you establish harmony between your mind, heart, and body, your nervous system will do its magic to heal you.

The key lies in the interconnection between your emotions, thoughts, and bodily sensations. If you focus only on mental or physical health, it might not work, because the heart is in the center, bridging your mind and body. In this way, the heart plays the role of a 'boss' in your inner system.

Emotional health is potentially the most important aspect of the systemic healing process or self-regeneration.

You will most likely not be able to truly heal your body or mind if you have no understanding of how to master your emotional well-being.

The more unprocessed emotional pain there is within a community, the more its people may experience physical or mental illness. The more we numb our deep emotional suffering, the more painkillers and other drugs we will need.

We are not getting sicker because of climate change, war, pollution, or exotic viruses. Those are actual consequences of our systemic unhealth and our already very serious collective physical and mental illness. We are getting sicker primarily because we are all in deep emotional suffering, and we have no idea how to deal with it anymore.

We have sophisticated mental and physical hospitals, but where are the emotional hospitals in this world?

Today, we can perform incredible feats on our minds and bodies with the technology and science we have. We can even discuss immortality as a concept, thanks to advancements in living data conservation and transhumanism. We can transform the mind and body in many different and unimaginable ways.

Most people are so afraid of dying that they will do anything to survive as long as possible (or to preserve the lives of their loved ones). But very few ask themselves whether they will have emotional health strong enough to sustain the energetic charge of true immortality.

How can they be sure they will not continue to suffer emotionally, even if they can transform anything they want in their bodies or minds? How proficient do we need to be at mastering emotional suffering to live forever? How many drugs and painkillers will we need in the future to sustain ourselves if we don’t become more emotionally mature and stable as humanity?

Why would we want additional mental superpowers or bodily capacities if we don’t know how to make them truly coherent with our hearts, without suffering or even deeper emotional pain in the future?

Do you want a happy, long, and naturally healthy life, knowing how to regenerate and heal holistically? Or do you just want to survive a little longer on innovative drugs and laboratory-manufactured organs, with even greater suffering and emotional pain in your heart?

Before altering your brain or body artificially, make sure you’ll be able to handle the emotional feedback and psychological consequences it might generate in your entire inner system and deeper consciousness.

Become a master of real suffering and its authentic, safe, and responsible transformation in your inner system first. And, once you can feel the depth of your own heart with true love and compassion, you’ll likely find that you won’t need anything else to maintain perfect mental and physical health.

When your heart knows how to transmute emotions efficiently and coherently, your mind and body will regenerate on their own—sometimes even magically and instantly.

The saints and mystical healers in our shared history who performed seemingly miraculous healings were simply very good alchemists of the Heart Energy.

They mainly used deep techniques of psychological and energetic manipulation to trigger the process of “quantum” emotional healing in others. By identifying very accurately the emotion associated with a person’s illness and with proper mastering of mental guidance to transmute that emotion within their system, they could easily perform healing miracles.

If someone knows how to heal the heart and authentically transmute deep, unconscious emotions with compassion, they can regenerate virtually anything.

Humans are incredibly well-designed and possess unlimited potential for magical self-healing. We’ve simply lost our understanding of how to master our own designs. We have disconnected from the wisdom of Nature herself.

By numbing our collective emotional suffering for so long, we’ve actually made ourselves more physically sick and mentally confused. We’ve chosen to use painkillers instead of asking how we can create natural “pain-healers” for our hearts.

The path from pain to joy is not easy, but it is simple and direct. It begins in the heart and ends there, too. This is true both individually and collectively. When your heart is truly healed, it will ultimately regenerate and deeply heal our entire system in the most magical way too.