There is an aspect of suffering that stems from the deep-rooted tendency to rationalize our pain. When we experience hurt or trauma, we seek to make sense of it in the mind—creating stories that help us fit the pieces together. The ego, in its wisdom, attempts to explain and categorize our wounds, believing that if it can understand the cause, the pain will dissolve. But this is an illusion. The truth is that the pain, the resonance of the experience, lingers far beyond the reach of reason. It is not the mind that heals the heart, but the body that holds the energy.
The resonance of trauma…..the energetic imprint it leaves behind…..becomes embedded in the very fabric of our being. It enters the energy body first, then reverberates through our cells, and eventually seeps into the nervous system, leaving a subtle yet indelible mark. Over time, this unresolved energy accumulates, manifesting in some cases as physical illness or spiritual dissonance. In truth, the body is the keeper of memory, and all unresolved pain is stored within it until we find a way to release it…essentially to cry out our pain.
From about the age of two, as we begin to develop cognition, we begin trying to make sense of our experiences. The emerging of our cognition and ego structures begin to think we can rationalize the pain away, unconsciously convincing ourselves that the energy of the experience will pass out from us this way. But this is a false comfort.
Like a baby’s cry, which is not just a sound but a powerful vibration, the energy of trauma holds a certain resonance. A baby’s cry is not only a release of emotion; it is a cry-out to the universe, to clear the shadow from the energy body and restore the soul to its original state of love—its true frequency. We are born of this vibration: 528 Hz……the frequency of unconditional love.
As we journey through life, these experiences—painful and unprocessed—collect in our energy field, creating distortions. Anger, fear, and grief form layers that veil our true nature. But it is always grief at the core. Grief is the deepest wound, the one that keeps us tethered to the past. It’s the wound from which all other emotional distortions spring. Fear and anger are but the surface manifestations of this buried grief. We walk through life carrying the weight of these unresolved energies, unaware of the toll they take on our body and soul.
The ego believes it can overcome trauma by rationalizing it, by thinking its way out of the pain. But energy cannot be processed in this way. We cannot rationalize our trauma out of existence. We can only release it, by feeling it fully, by crying it out, by letting the energy return to the flow. Like a baby, we must cry out, not just when the need arises, but whenever we are called to release the shadow that clouds our heart. The key to healing is not in the mind’s attempts to make sense of it all, but in the soul’s call to let go, to return to love.
Yet, many of us find it difficult to cry. We hold the grief, the anger, the fear, believing we must carry it. But the body does not lie, and eventually, the energy demands to be released. This is where the mystic practice of allowing the energy to surface comes in. Through deep inner work and spiritual practices, we can create space for the energy to move, to be expressed, to be released. And when we allow this process, we return to our original state—love, the true vibration of our being.
We cannot rationalize our trauma out of existence. We can only release it, by feeling it fully, by crying it out, by letting the energy return to the flow. Like a baby, we must cry out, not just when the need arises, but whenever we are called to release the shadow that clouds our heart. The key to healing is not in the mind’s attempts to make sense of it all, but in the soul’s call to let go, to return to love.
Nigel Lott teaandzen.org
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