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The most significant change I have observed in myself since I began to
meditate, is my attitude to "Pain." Ten years ago when my doctor
remarked that I had been given a "raw deal in life," I agreed
wholeheartedly. Several of my previous doctors had remarked with
smiles on their faces, that my long list of chronic health conditions,
reminded them of an Index in a Medical Dictionary! To experience
constantly, the most intense pain possible in every part of ones body, is
so very cruel. To know that their is no cure for this pain, that each and
every day for the reminder of my life, the pain will increase in intensity.
Yes it is easy to feel sorry for myself, and believe that I have indeed been
given a "raw deal in life."
Meditation has taught me, that others also have pain to bear. In fact as I
type these words, I know that "EVERY" other person alive on this planet,
is suffering from some kind of pain. Oh, the simply dreadful "Pain"
suffered by couples who are unable to bear a child. In the photo I will
send you, I am holding a three month old baby boy. It had taken his
parents, "four" years of trying, before he was conceived. For four whole
years this couple, their family members and friends, had shed buckets
full of tears. Some types of pain coms easily to our mind, but these are
only the tip of the iceberg. There are as many different types of pain as
there are people.
More than eighteen years have passed since I began to tread the way of
the mantra. Wonder of wonders I now have a way to gain a reprieve
from this awful pain. Whenever the pain is at its peak, I go to my
Meditation Room -- I close my eyes, and in silence begin to repeat my
mantra -- Maranatha -- the greatest distraction for me is the pain,
however I continue to listen to my word, until it sinks deep -- ever deeper
into my heart -- then it happens -- yes the pain has gone, maybe just for a
moment or two - as I end my meditation I am relaxed, refreshed -- ready
to continue the journey of my life.
God bless you
Marie O’Leary
Perth, Australia
December 2005
meditate, is my attitude to "Pain." Ten years ago when my doctor
remarked that I had been given a "raw deal in life," I agreed
wholeheartedly. Several of my previous doctors had remarked with
smiles on their faces, that my long list of chronic health conditions,
reminded them of an Index in a Medical Dictionary! To experience
constantly, the most intense pain possible in every part of ones body, is
so very cruel. To know that their is no cure for this pain, that each and
every day for the reminder of my life, the pain will increase in intensity.
Yes it is easy to feel sorry for myself, and believe that I have indeed been
given a "raw deal in life."
Meditation has taught me, that others also have pain to bear. In fact as I
type these words, I know that "EVERY" other person alive on this planet,
is suffering from some kind of pain. Oh, the simply dreadful "Pain"
suffered by couples who are unable to bear a child. In the photo I will
send you, I am holding a three month old baby boy. It had taken his
parents, "four" years of trying, before he was conceived. For four whole
years this couple, their family members and friends, had shed buckets
full of tears. Some types of pain coms easily to our mind, but these are
only the tip of the iceberg. There are as many different types of pain as
there are people.
More than eighteen years have passed since I began to tread the way of
the mantra. Wonder of wonders I now have a way to gain a reprieve
from this awful pain. Whenever the pain is at its peak, I go to my
Meditation Room -- I close my eyes, and in silence begin to repeat my
mantra -- Maranatha -- the greatest distraction for me is the pain,
however I continue to listen to my word, until it sinks deep -- ever deeper
into my heart -- then it happens -- yes the pain has gone, maybe just for a
moment or two - as I end my meditation I am relaxed, refreshed -- ready
to continue the journey of my life.
God bless you
Marie O’Leary
Perth, Australia
December 2005