tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11742782.post4316846872460039106..comments2023-11-03T19:32:00.951+08:00Comments on No answers: meditation and painmadsolitairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07509546506902547499noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11742782.post-45691257964123790222009-02-05T08:42:00.000+08:002009-02-05T08:42:00.000+08:00I agree. I found it very difficult to meditate on ...I agree. I found it very difficult to meditate on loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy and equanimity. I never got quite beyond 'compassion'. However, mindfulness of breathing is a little different - it doesn't require a lot of concentration. I just simply pay attention to my breath: breathing in and breathing out. Slowly, one breath at a time. Very slowly, i will experience a certain calmness within myself. This helps to attenuate somewhat the 'mental suffering' of my physical pain and also reduce my anxieties about further pain/complications arising.madsolitairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509546506902547499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11742782.post-48459682842232177442009-02-04T22:20:00.000+08:002009-02-04T22:20:00.000+08:00I'm very glad you were able to take some relief fr...I'm very glad you were able to take some relief from your <A HREF="http://www.wilddivine.com/servlet/-strse-6/Healing-Rhythms-Guided-Training/Detail" REL="nofollow">meditation techniques</A>, ven under such trying circumstances. I've always tried to do the same sort of thing when I'm in pain or sick, but I find that my mind goes so weak most of those times that any type of concentration or meditation is almost impossible!Contributing Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12378016752020500235noreply@blogger.com