Mind Training with Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D. (Part 2) 

this mind training is something I have been working on for several years now... I keep saying I am getting to the end of a long illness.. radiation poisoning.. and one of my occupations has been screaming and cramping as it comes out in kidney stones... it's approximately like having 2 tasers going off on either side of my stomach.. tasers that don't stop.. for about 10 years now... I went to the emergency room.. every test known to modern medicine... the doctors were baffled... I was too.. until I figured out how to measure it... the strange thing is.. I feel fine when it's not happening... sore... but not sick.. I eat well and healthy food... drink clean water and juices... it's 5 AM... I've been screaming quietly so as not to wake my lovely wife up.. since 2.. it's passed through the little tubes from my kidney to bladder... big fun 😊.. doctors ask.. on a scale of 1 to 10.. how bad is the pain .. put a couple more zeros on and you got it doc... so.. I think about quantum physics and chemistry and math.. and scream... and recently.. it's been going on for 10 years... recently= 3 years... closing my eyes and looking inside... directing the Chi it's called in Chinese medicine.. this is the first bout like this in a few days... it's been like a vacation from pain... I found meditation to be the only effective method for overcoming it.. I found it though you and your group of colleagues.. my most humble thanks 🙏 so .. I didn't start out as a Buddhist.. but I think I am now... 😊

thank you Master Jinpa... my wife thanks you too 💖 🙏✌️🙏

quarter to 3... AM.... first thought.... something something something.... I'm going to walk the path of the bodhisattva today.... so it is... each day... even the tough days... especially the tough ones... I think they are the price of admission... without which sufficient compassion for others would be lacking... Lao Tzu told us that life is like a river into eternity.. the destination is not important... the path we choose to get there on is ✌️ Walk in Beauty sir all of your days... please 🙏

Thupten Jinpa's - A Fearless Heart - is excellent. He has also written a great book on Mind Training, called Mind Training.