Pain and Dying

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

 

Relevant to this discussion on pain and dying, I attended a class this summer on

" eldering " , the focus of which is to help older folks and those nearing the end

of their lives, pass their wisdom on to their loved ones and communities. The

topics we discussed included pain and fear of dying, and the ability to create

" internal space " through meditation, towards the end of being able to co-exist

with pain and fear, and not have these experiences get in our way of being whole

and present human beings. As a class, we explored our relationships to pain and

death, and discovered the most common fears were of being in pain, being unable

to care for ourselves, and being unable to afford whatever our life and care

required. We also discovered that most of us (but not all!) would rather do

anything than be in pain, though some of us who had lived through or currently

live with extreme pain had a different perspective, which is that the pain could

be used as a tool to bring us

closer to ourselves and what matters most to us. If anyone is interested in

this work, I can connect you with the teachers. It is also called " Age-ing and

Sage-ing " , and is currently being taught in a Jewish context, though I'm sure it

also can be found in other traditions.

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi All,

 

Relevant to this discussion on pain and dying, I attended a class this summer on

" eldering " , the focus of which is to help older folks and those nearing the end

of their lives, pass their wisdom on to their loved ones and communities. The

topics we discussed included pain and fear of dying, and the ability to create

" internal space " through meditation, towards the end of being able to co-exist

with pain and fear, and not have these experiences get in our way of being whole

and present human beings. As a class, we explored our relationships to pain and

death, and discovered the most common fears were of being in pain, being unable

to care for ourselves, and being unable to afford whatever our life and care

required. We also discovered that most of us (but not all!) would rather do

anything than be in pain, though some of us who had lived through or currently

live with extreme pain had a different perspective, which is that the pain could

be used as a tool to bring us

closer to ourselves and what matters most to us. If anyone is interested in

this work, I can connect you with the teachers. It is also called " Age-ing and

Sage-ing " , and is currently being taught in a Jewish context, though I'm sure it

also can be found in other traditions.

 

 

 

 

 

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