Dealing With Pain & Disability

The reason that being disabled and having chronic pain does not usually bother me is that there is no self for it to "stick" to. I identify more with the eternal, "I am", part not my transitory, physical body. As Nisargadata puts it "Get to know that "I am" without words which arises in the morning. Knowing the Self, abiding in the Self-knowledge, is not a mere intellectual knowing. You must be that, and you should not move away from it. Remain firm." At times, like when I am very tired, I do identify with my transitory, physical body and at those times I feel my pain more acutely and become very aware of my lack of coordination.