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<blockquote data-quote="Echolette" data-source="post: 620943" data-attributes="member: 17269"><p>We must accept that we are of a type to grow old</p><p>We must accept that we will get sick</p><p><strong>We must accept that we will lose the ones we love</strong></p><p>We must accept that we will die. </p><p></p><p>Those are the four sufferings of Buddhism. Once I settled into my seat on a plan and put my headphones on for some soothing guided meditation...and instead I heard Thich Nhat Hahn make these four pronouncements...I know now that they cross all religions, but at the time I had never heard them, or anything like them. I nearly ripped my headphones off and fell out of my chair...but it is so true. If we can face these things we can live in beauty and equanimity. I particularly work on "growing old"...I traded a lot on youthful beauty and sexuality, and it is has been hard for me to lose that coin...and I work also on "losing the ones we love." Because we will..some of them, and we can't know which ones, and we can't know how, and we can't really control or perhaps even influence it. All we can do is FACE OUR FEAR and accept it. </p><p></p><p>Good thought for the day, Recovering. Thank you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Echolette, post: 620943, member: 17269"] We must accept that we are of a type to grow old We must accept that we will get sick [B]We must accept that we will lose the ones we love[/B] We must accept that we will die. Those are the four sufferings of Buddhism. Once I settled into my seat on a plan and put my headphones on for some soothing guided meditation...and instead I heard Thich Nhat Hahn make these four pronouncements...I know now that they cross all religions, but at the time I had never heard them, or anything like them. I nearly ripped my headphones off and fell out of my chair...but it is so true. If we can face these things we can live in beauty and equanimity. I particularly work on "growing old"...I traded a lot on youthful beauty and sexuality, and it is has been hard for me to lose that coin...and I work also on "losing the ones we love." Because we will..some of them, and we can't know which ones, and we can't know how, and we can't really control or perhaps even influence it. All we can do is FACE OUR FEAR and accept it. Good thought for the day, Recovering. Thank you. [/QUOTE]
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