tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968668028921944619.post4903054485491334227..comments2022-11-06T04:40:20.201-05:00Comments on Setting The Spirit Free: Equanimity About Pain is Not Giving UpAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00316773327998836880noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968668028921944619.post-64009158727597263622011-04-24T14:58:38.924-04:002011-04-24T14:58:38.924-04:00Toni - thanks for the reminder about the "mid...Toni - thanks for the reminder about the "middle path." Going to either of the polarities - fighting or resignation - does make me more miserable. I love the visual image of the path that balances between these opposites without having to veer either way.<br /><br />Judith - Yup, it's about the spiritual life, and I, with you, would rather make it a journey rather than a crisis: Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316773327998836880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968668028921944619.post-17139311952732266722011-04-24T02:33:57.462-04:002011-04-24T02:33:57.462-04:00I very much like this post.
I believe that fight...I very much like this post. <br />I believe that fighting, killing, whether it be people or pain, is not the answer. My struggles are always with myself and when I stop struggling and wave the white flag there is at the worst "truce" and at the best "peace". <br />Ultimately, it is always a spiritual crisis or a spiritual journey.<br />Blessings and I sincerely hope you findJudithWesterfieldhttp://judithwesterfield.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968668028921944619.post-25157615638418539452011-04-23T18:02:45.483-04:002011-04-23T18:02:45.483-04:00Carol - I love how you're pursuing that middle...Carol - I love how you're pursuing that middle path -- not giving up in resignation but, at the same time, accepting where you are, all the while continuing to see if you can find some treatment for the pain. Sometimes equanimity can feel like walking a tightrope -- it's so easy to fall into indifference, resignation, or that "who cares?" mentality. But that just makes us more Tonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05729837575450453607noreply@blogger.com