I am currently reading a pre-publication copy of a wonderful new book about illness, entitled How To Be Sick, by Toni Bernhard. Toni was a long-time Buddhist practitioner and law school dean when she came back from Paris, France with a viral illness, and after seven years, has still not recovered. She has what is [...]
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How To Be Sick
Posted in Illness, tagged aging and illness, Aging and Meditation on June 8, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Why Illness Happens
Posted in Illness, tagged aging and gratitude, Illness as gift, zen and gratitude on December 12, 2009 | 16 Comments »
When I had cancer, and again when I was recovering from encephalitis, people would ask, “Do they know what caused it?” I found this rather interesting, that people were so concerned to find a reason. I wasn’t concerned about the reason at all, I was concerned about getting well. But people wanted to know. I [...]
The Gifts of Illness
Posted in Gratitude, Illness, tagged Aging and Buddhism, aging and gratitude, Illness as gift on December 6, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Fear of illness is universal, even more so as we age and wonder about heart attack, stroke, cancer. Even an annual physical or a blood test can make the heart pound. I don’t know if we are more or less fearful now that we have the miracles of medicine to help us. In earlier times, [...]
Encephalitis: The Year I was 90 Year Old
Posted in Illness, tagged aging, Encephalitis, Illness as gift, stroke on March 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Beginning in July, 1999 I became 90 years old for a year. What happened? I was struck suddenly with viral encephalitis and within hours was in a coma so deep no doctor thought I could survive. Obviously I did survive and regained all of my abilities and functions, but it took several years. I tell [...]
Books
Aging As A Spiritual Practice
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Books a Million
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Work As A Spiritual Practice
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Healing Lazarus
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A Whole Life's Work
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