Hello @tarazkp,
I hope your girl gets better very soon.
There is a difference between pain and suffering and humans can take a lot of pain, but we don't necessarily need to suffer in my opinion. As I see it, suffering is a condition of the mind, not a symptom of pain and therefore it is possible to suffer in the absence of pain. For example, a person can feel no pain, but suffer from depression.
I very much agree with you, suffering is not synonymous with pain, by making an abstraction between the physical and the mental. But can you really separate the ailments of the mind from those of the body and vice versa, or does it only depend on the intensity with which you feel? Can the mind exist without the body? It is a fascinating subject to philosophize.
Beyond philosophy, it is desirable not to suffer from the combination of both, to lead a healthy life in every way.
By the way, very good photographs.
I am guessing that if control/separation is possible at a low level, it would be possible at a high, depending on "skill" - skill being limited but somewhat learnable. However, this would mean there is still a limitation to the separation due to intensity.
I have a feeling that it can and we would eventually be able to test this, but we aren't close to that yet. If we consider that the body is just a collection of arranged particles, that "platform" should be replicable. However, to trasfer a mind into a different substrate means understanding the mind - which we don't have a very good grasp of... yet.
I get the sense that physical pain is either far worse or far better if a mind can limit the intensity or appearance of suffering. Not that anyone wants to feel negative pain either :)