Review: Excellent take on an old problem
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 12, 2012
The Flinch is excellent. It highlights the real problem in many situations, which is being paralyzed by fear and not doing what you know you should do. Taking an ice cold shower is simply an exercise to learn to face up to unpleasant situations and to develop an understanding of the temporary nature of pain. This goes back to the Buddhist point of there being a huge difference between pain and suffering. Suffering is created in the mind, whereas pain is an automatic response to something. When we change our mindset to avoid suffering and realize that pain is usually very temporary, we also lose the fear of such pain. That opens up the door to take more risks and have a more interesting - if not pain free - life.