Curing would be arranging conditions so that the disease process doesn’t reoccur for an extended period of time
Healing does not necessarily have to do with curing (although it may include it)
- It is a profound coming to terms with things as they are
- It is about coming to terms with rather than a struggle with everything that is manifesting in your life
- Healing is something that can happen independent of life and death
- One can experience healing even as you are going out.
- A sort of coming to terms with
It’s not about Curing. It is about Healing
- It’s about understanding what it means to be alive right now while you are alive no matter whether or not you have disease
Re-source: Reinvigorate
give new energy or strength to
What is really important is the sincerity (inner posture) that you bring into it
- The position and openness that you bring to each moment
- Experiment with the possibilities of taking some kind of shift in awareness, behavior, and attitude towards your life, and the forces at work in your life
- Ex. Quality of life improving drastically by joining support groups
- Better healing through social connectedness
We live in a society that does a lot of “numbing”
- Smoking, drugs, drinking, sex, gambling, compulsive shopping, etc.
- We do anything to escape the present moment.
craving and resource from “Mindfulness Meditation in everyday life” by John Cabet Zinn