Pain is never permanent. — Teresa of Avila
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Good News of the Day:
Meditation has long been touted as a holistic approach to pain relief. And studies show that long-time meditators can tolerate quite a bit of pain. Now researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have found you don’t have to be a lifelong monk to pull it off. Using a special type of brain imaging, researchers saw significant brain changes even in novices who hadn’t meditated before. Their conclusion? “A little over an hour of meditation training can dramatically reduce both the experience of pain and pain-related brain activation,” said Dr. Fadel Zeiden. While morphine and pain-killers typically reduce pain ratings by 25%, Wake Forest study found a 40% reduction with meditation! http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4557
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Be The Change:
Meditate. 🙂 Try out Samatha meditation that researchers experimented with. http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4557a
**Share A Reflection**
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“When I got married, I told my wife that every year, at Christmas, I love to give an anonymous gift. I feel that’s the true meaning of Christmas – it is about giving and not receiving. My wife had a friend that she had grown close to over time. Just before Christmas one year, her friend lost her job. She had very few savings and no where to turn for help, and she has two young children. My wife and I decided to help her, but to do it anonymously. We purchased a money order from a store and mailed it to her with no return address and we mailed it from a city outside of our area so the postmark was unknown. Well 4 years later, also at Christmas time, my wife told her who the money was from and when she did her friend just smiled and said from that Christmas on she has been helping others who are in need every Christmas. It just goes to show you a little help can have a lot of ripples.” — Jarhead
Dalai Lama Foundation Study Circle Montreal 