“Turn toward the fire, and enter, confident.” Dante Alighieri
Today I’m going to talk about pain and how meditation can help you deal with it. You may not be experiencing pain today, but it’s something that happens to us all, and hopefully there will be something here that you find useful. Also what I’m going to say applies not just to physical but to emotional pain (hurt, anxiety, loneliness, etc.) so it’s relevant to everyone.
In the midst of pain there is magic. If you find this puzzling, let me tell you how I know this and how you can see it for yourself.
I started having migraines when I was perhaps 13 years old. When I first tried meditating with migraines it did …