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conscious living & conscious dying
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A place to rumi/nate on "100 ways to kiss the ground" that is, to wake up in every moment, to die before we die -- in short, to live here and now, be of service, do no harm, learn to love yourself as you would your neighbour (and vice versa). All this as 'everyday zen' which requires practice, may not keep icebergs from melting, but quite possible create a circle of sanity and compassion amidst all this chaos.
- Author: daishin
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what pain’s been teaching me
Today’s the 10th day of this pain–still waiting for a neurosurgeon’s consult following a CT scan done four days ago. Dilaudid, an opiate, brings little relief. Sometimes it takes me 5 minutes to crawl up 12 steps. I moan, screa...
what a concept!
Think of every night going to bed as entering your coffin every night a chance to practice dying. © 2008 Seido Ray Ronci. The skeleton of the crow. Keene, NY: Ausuble Press, p. 172. image: hmv12321.tripod.com ...
what to do, what to do
What does the earnest meditator do when pain persists, walking becomes increasingly problematic, and he hasn’t peed for six days? What if the morphine-based meds don’t bring the relief he’d hoped for and he realizes that–w...
back to school
We cannot learn without pain. Aristotle (384-322 BC), Greek philosopher. There is no coming to consciousness without pain. C. G. Jung (1875-1961), Swiss psychiatrist. ...
old man in act iv
Pain continues to inform my worldview. We have a tentative diagnosis, but no treatment plan or prognosis. Opiates make me dizzy and unable to operate heavy machinery. Intensity of pain falls between 8 and 9 on a scale of 10. Brandishing a fake...
eyes opened wide(r)
Since late Saturday afternoon my mind and body have been bombarded with pain stemming from likely disk bulging in lower spine. Inability to pee for five days adds an element of urgency to the proceedings. Physiotherapeutic and chiropractic treatm...
