Fred R. Harris, Senator Who Ran for President, Dies at 94
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After eight years in the Senate as a moderate Democrat, he took a leftward
turn toward “new populism” in a failed 1976 shot at the presidency.
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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.