4 Children From Gaza Arrive in U.S. for Medical Treatment
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The children, who were injured or suffered malnutrition, were greeted at
Kennedy Airport with toys and balloons. “These are their first memories
here,” one...
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ReplyDeleteThe key shift is in turning toward pain, when all your life you’ve turned away from it. You give it your full attention—you yield to it—and, paradoxically, its hold on you diminishes. (The majority of chronic-pain patients in an eight-week meditation course are able to reduce their medications and become more active.) You open to emotional pain as well. As you meditate, the grip of your history loosens and you get a little saner, lighter, less entangled.
The formal structure for intense practice is a silent retreat, which can last anywhere from one morning to three years.