Endorphins

The physical body has been given a way to subdue pain naturally in the form of a built-in chemical. This pain killing system is a supply of endorphins located inside the body and which have more power over the nervous system than the strongest opium. These pain-killers are released naturally whenever pain becomes unbearable. hey make it possible for man to remain comfortable in his body in an otherwise unendurable condition of pain. Endorphins block pain from reaching the brain, but do not heal the disease. All this happens without help from the individual himself because they are provided by nature and are under the control of the body.

Man is damaging himself immensely when he takes the escape from pain in his own hands by using drugs, or when he employs the help of emotion, mind and activity. Neither must he seek relief in food, sex, thoughts, and activities.

The ego has a false drive to defend itself. It demands to be treated with drugs or other cures, which make man's ``body-given'' endorphins dwindle and eventually vanish altogether. When outer means take over the suppression of pain instead of endorphins, their natural production atrophies. Now man is forced to depend on his self-created cures as they have become his masters.

Man's first aim ought to be to stay away from all cures, and his second aim to correct his additions. This will enable healing pains to surface which should be welcomed. They should never be feared because they appear only as the nerve center become alive again. But if pain becomes intolerable, they will be naturally subdued by a reestablished endorphin release.

When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil.

-- Max Lerner