New Posts For Thread: Pain and meditationhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/51615/18589035/Pain_and_meditationI recently had an experience of 10/10 pain that lasted about a week while in hospitalThe first three days were the worst as they were reluctant to give me strong pain killersDuring that time i had periods of almost mental breakdown (crying, rocking,I'm glad. :-)Truly.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/51615/18589035/Pain_and_meditation?post_id=377603117#377603117I'm glad. :-)Truly.Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:17:08 -0600Its been four months now and i almost pain free againOne thing that is different and that i hope stays with me is the ability to appreciate a pain free bodySecondly it has alerted me to the unstable nature of the strucure that is my life and the inevhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/51615/18589035/Pain_and_meditation?post_id=377524661#377524661Its been four months now and i almost pain free againOne thing that is different and that i hope stays with me is the ability to appreciate a pain free bodySecondly it has alerted me to the unstable nature of the strucure that is my life and the inevMon, 09 Nov 2009 17:03:50 -0600Someone recently told me that Uchiyama's book "How to Cook Your Life" contains a story about a serious foot infection that Uchiyama got during the post-war period in Japan. He had no access to medical care, so he had to deal with the pain without paihttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/51615/18589035/Pain_and_meditation?post_id=365821005#365821005Someone recently told me that Uchiyama's book "How to Cook Your Life" contains a story about a serious foot infection that Uchiyama got during the post-war period in Japan. He had no access to medical care, so he had to deal with the pain without paiTue, 03 Nov 2009 19:32:12 -0600SSP,I don't know of any koans involving extreme pain. But thanks for reminding me that I'm human.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/51615/18589035/Pain_and_meditation?post_id=315784616#315784616SSP,I don't know of any koans involving extreme pain. But thanks for reminding me that I'm human.Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:55:05 -0500I recently had an experience of 10/10 pain that lasted about a week while in hospitalThe first three days were the worst as they were reluctant to give me strong pain killersDuring that time i had periods of almost mental breakdown (crying, rocking,http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/51615/18589035/Pain_and_meditation?post_id=315613275#315613275I recently had an experience of 10/10 pain that lasted about a week while in hospitalThe first three days were the worst as they were reluctant to give me strong pain killersDuring that time i had periods of almost mental breakdown (crying, rocking,Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:32:37 -0500