Dear all
After extensive discussion (well, JinKan and I asked Jundo…) we are happy to open this part of the forum to anyone who wishes to post about practicing with illness, whether that relates to acute illness or more long-term poor health.
In the future there may be more guided study around another text related to illness (such as Darlene Cohen’s Turning Suffering Inside Out) but for now there seems to be no reason to let this area lie fallow.
Because Treeleaf is online, we understandably attract a number of members who would not otherwise be able to get to a Zendo because of health-related issues, so it seems like a good idea to be able to talk about how those issues affect our practice and how we work with them.
Two rules apply here (unless we think of more!):
1. Posts need to be related to Zen practice. This is not just somewhere to talk about your ills in general.
2. Please do not offer medical advice. We are not doctors, and neither is this a peer-to-peer illness support group. It is about Zen practice.
The other normal rules of the Zendo apply as regards to Right Speech and treating each other with respect.
Other than that, please do share your experiences and feel free to reach out to one of us if you wish to talk more privately about something.
Gassho
Kokuu and JinKan
After extensive discussion (well, JinKan and I asked Jundo…) we are happy to open this part of the forum to anyone who wishes to post about practicing with illness, whether that relates to acute illness or more long-term poor health.
In the future there may be more guided study around another text related to illness (such as Darlene Cohen’s Turning Suffering Inside Out) but for now there seems to be no reason to let this area lie fallow.
Because Treeleaf is online, we understandably attract a number of members who would not otherwise be able to get to a Zendo because of health-related issues, so it seems like a good idea to be able to talk about how those issues affect our practice and how we work with them.
Two rules apply here (unless we think of more!):
1. Posts need to be related to Zen practice. This is not just somewhere to talk about your ills in general.
2. Please do not offer medical advice. We are not doctors, and neither is this a peer-to-peer illness support group. It is about Zen practice.
The other normal rules of the Zendo apply as regards to Right Speech and treating each other with respect.
Other than that, please do share your experiences and feel free to reach out to one of us if you wish to talk more privately about something.
Gassho
Kokuu and JinKan
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