This, I learned lying in my recliner for 10 years, sick as can be - TopicsExpress

Melissa Pilar

This, I learned lying in my recliner for 10 years, sick as can be from systemic pain. I used the time to learn 24/7 mindfulness; illness is great fodder for seeing thru ego. Yet I cannot claim that I have tackled my aversion to these circumstances; it is a process of constantly letting go. Illness has been a most profound teacher. _________________ “When you get sick, you should not indulge in the illness. Do not focus on the pain, thinking, ‘I´m sick. I have a headache. My tooth hurts.’ That is indulging in the sickness. Pain and sickness just happen, and when they do, we cannot simply stop the sensation. Instead, we can rest, relaxing our mind and letting it settle in naturalness in relation to the essence of that sensation itself; theres no feeling of displeasure or not wanting it, just looking at the essence of the sensation itself. In the sutras, this is called the foundation of mindfulness of feeling.” ... Thrangu Rinpoche

Posted on: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 01:29:35 +0000

This, I learned lying in my recliner for 10 years, sick as can be - TopicsExpress

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