We are beings that have multiple bodies, even if most of them are invisible and so we think they can't be hurt. But it's the harm done to our invisible bodies that impacts our life the most, and is the starting point of our aches and pains in later life, and of the diseases we develop. The harm done to those other aspects of us starts early in life, and is, mostly unthinkingly and unconsciously, done to us by others, and then we learn certain ways of thinking and behaviors that protect us in the moment, but are not the truth of who we are. And so we keep wounding ourselves until we start questioning the beliefs we hold about ourselves and life and change those that no longer serve us.