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I just bought a painting of Pema Chodron, which has a few of her original quotes on it. One of them says: "To live is to be willing to die over and over again". Don't know if you would relate to the quote, but I thought of what you're going through when reading it. I'm so sorry you and your brother are suffering and will send lots of healing thoughts your way.
Love,
Kari
Kari - It is my Buddhist practice and Buddhist world view that helps get me through this and through life in general. This is the viewpoint taught by Pema Chodron. I recently bought her book "Welcoming the Unwelcome". It helps me a lot. By contemplating the inevitability of death and noticing all the little moment by moment deaths one beomes more able to live life more fully and accept death when it happens. It still does not eliminate grief and sadness but it frames it in a way that makes it more bearable.
I am so so sorry, Jean. These are such sad times. The fact that it is currently not possible to be with dying loved ones or to be grieving together with family members and friends and hugging each other when losing a loved one makes it even worse.
My heart goes out to you,
Love,
Patricia
Be gentle with yourself. Be kind to yourself. You may not be perfect, but you are all you’ve got to work with.
- Bhante Gunaratana
I know just what you mean. When my husband died without warning 20 years ago, I discovered Pema Chodron through her book "When Things Fall Apart". It helped me deal with the loss and grief. So did hours of chanting "Om Mani Padme Hum". Glad to hear you have good tools to deal with your hardship.
Love,
Kari
"My mouth waters whenever I pass a bakery shop and sniff the aroma of fresh bread, but I am also grateful simply to be alive and sniffing." Dr. Bernstein
Jean- I am truly sorry to hear that you and your brother are going through this.
I also study Buddhism. My weekly discussion group just finished Pema’s “Comfortable with Uncertainty”. It was extremely timely, given the pandemic. I agree with you - I find strength and calmness in her teachings and in my practice in general.
Namaste,
Carol
“.... people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou
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Namaste,