The way I relate to pain dictates the pain intensity. For example, burn victims in a hospital in Illinois use virtual reality when patient’s bandages are changed, so instead of thinking about the burns their mind is engaged in playing with snowballs. The sensation of pain is reduced. Right now, humanity is in pain, in real pain. It’s becoming physical. What kind of “virtual glasses” will help us deal with this? The best thing is to think how nature leads us to a bright future, to build such a scenario for yourself. The most beautiful thing in our times is that Nature itself takes us and molds us, like dough. We can cope with pain by understanding that it is Nature’s doing, leading us according to its plan. For the first time in the history of mankind, Nature simply takes us by the ear, as if we were a schoolboy, and leads us forward in the right direction. The moment I experience pain, I start to build this picture of reality: that it is nature that leads me and all of us. Nature leads us to a very, very bright future, toward good relations, to a world of light and warmth. When we embody this idea, the pain will stop. This is because the pain hinges on the fact that you do not see the goal ahead. The goal absorbs the pain. Whatever we do, it can be pleasant or unpleasant. If we examine ourselves, we will learn that there is no difference between pleasure and suffering. It's only our own idea of what it is and where it is going. The suffering begins because I perceive that it is all headed towards an abyss. But if I imagine that it leads me to some huge gain, to pleasure, then I am ready not only to endure it, but to prolong it and even enjoy it. Doctors and psychologists agree that the sensation depends on our attitude towards pain. If our society’s attitude is that nature itself is leading us to a good future, to stability, to a life without problems, let's create such scenarios and pictures of the future. People will be able to go through pain with relative ease and the pain will stop, they will start advancing toward the future. This is not a deception. People have already fought to death for the sake of some imaginary values that people invented, experiencing nothing but disappointment and pain. Now Nature itself guides us and the movement is precisely towards the similitude with Nature, toward universal interdependence and connection. This means that we will exist in the most comfortable environment, billion times better than the bliss of being in the mother’s womb, where you are completely taken care of and you don't realize it. Here bliss is a billion times greater because you are aware. You seem to be surrounded by the mother, but now with the awareness of all of Nature, all of humanity, everything that exists in the cosmos and in all the worlds. All of it is enveloping you in the clothing of kindness. This is the scenario that we need to build. In fact, we are approaching it already but we can accelerate this movement. Pain is given to a person, because otherwise he would not become aware. A person can only attain one thing in relation to the other. Now we feel confusion and pain in order to rise above it and truly feel connection, love, and perfection. This is what it means to rise above pain.