guardian angel

yes, our «guardian angel» exists .... and we call it BRAIN.
That protective (sometimes overprotective) brain flashes some kind of red light (pain!) as signal of «danger ahead, beware!, attention urgently needed !!!!»
So we can feel a sharp pain in our foot. We look at that foot and see a nail introduced in it. We should inmediately remove the nail and proceed to disinfect, etc. .... in order to prevent severe consequencs in our body. Same with an acute pain in our arm: broken bone, inmobilisation, plaster cast and so on....in order to preserve the functionality of our arm.
But the warning signal from our brain is not only refered to the body!
Sciatica pain: apparently «danger ahead» in our body ....but most feasibly, even difficult to understant and to accept, danger ahead in our psyche. Our emotional reservoir is almost full!!!!....of rage, anger, fear, resentment, guilt, shame, hate, gelousy,.. mostly unconscious.
Some psychological catastrophe COULD BE imminent IF THAT FEELINGS reach our conscious mind (depression, crime, murder, suicide,....).
We should be abble to unmask the sophisticated maneuver done by our «guardian angel» (aka protective brain) in order to lead our attention to our body and distract us from our menacing, unnaceptable, unbearable, fearing, «bad» emotions and feelings .... because the supposed psychological tragedy (aka emotional catastrophe) could be easily overcomed once ENTIRELY UNDERSTOOD the «great defensive trick».

Hope that helps!

miquel