We
can bring empathy to ourselves by meeting pain with embodied awareness,
curious about the sensations. It’s not that we long for the pain to
continue. We can aspire for a release from pain, but we bring kindness
and compassion to whatever is happening.
— Sebene Selassie, “Belonging in the Body”
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Saturday, August 22, 2020
Via Daily Dharma: How to Deal with Pain
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