When a person is ill time is measured differently than generally when healthy. In some instances especially when pain is present time can seem as if it stands still or even goes backward. Has it ever happened to you when you’re in pain and you have said something to the effect that things seem to be going backwards getting worse rather than better? Perhaps not. Time, Chih-I advises is to be not even considered a…
Under the section which talks about Means Chih-I advises that you should skillfully employ healing methods as appropriate. I take this to include the use of doctors and medicines which may be prescribed to you for your treatment and care. Here I am going to reveal my prejudice to the use of Western medicine. What informs my preference towards Western medicine would be a fair question to ask. Mainly it boils down to the…
Fourth of the Ten Characteristics is Constancy. By this Chih-I means that the methods we employ for living in disease should all be consistent. Every thought, every effort, every should be focused upon our belief and actions in living in disease. It would be counter productive for us as believers in the Lotus Sutra and Buddhism to then employ thoughts and beliefs that contradict what we say is our core belief. As Nichiren points out…
Today was our second venture into the fourth part of the four part formula of Nonviolent Communication, NVC, Requests. This is hard work as you can witness from the comments and struggles of our Sangha today. Perhaps you too will take advantage of the moments of silence and seriously engage in your own reflections and thoughts. NVC is hard work, it is about learning a new way of engaging in conversations and communication as well…
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