When I saw Eckhart Tolle in Flowering of Human Consciousness, I found myself considering the usefulness of his metaphor in which certain emotions such as aggression, and deep unhappiness are identified with an entity he refers to as a pain body. On reflection, I believe the main benefit of this metaphor is that it gives the individual some distance from the emotion. This lowered sense of attachment to the emotion then provides the perspective one gains from an observer status, allowing the person some space to create a different emotional landscape.
In the following video fragment, Tolle describes some of the facets of the pain body in his own inimitable way:
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