The headache

Yesterday night was new. A throbbing headache, never before experienced. Very painful as if a nerve inside the base of my head was trying to burst.
For the first time I got glimpses of being a watcher. The pain was so immense that all I could do after taking the pills was to hammer my head. But then for dislike of publicity i had to refrain.
I had no other option but to watch the pain - dive deep down into the center of the pain. As I sat and meditated on the pain, I was able to go deeper and deeper and as I did this my head spun and a feeling of detachment started, detachment from the body and the pain. I could feel as if these three were distinct.

The mind tried hard to bring in the chatter and this then became the third person in the play. The body, pain and the Mind.

As the mind chattered, I was clearly able to witness it separate from the throbbing pain. The pain raised manifolds as the mind chattered. I tried accepting the pain, starting welcoming it. I thanked it for the experience, for being my teacher for awareness. I allowed it to flow through the body. And as my awareness spread over the body, I saw my body parts tensed, tightened. I had made a hard fist unknowingly. I had to force it to open and relax. The same was observed for other parts of my body.

Hope the next headache is going to be another learning.