“The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.” a Buddhist quote

I've come across what I believe might be a valuable resource for those of us dealing with unresolved chronic pain-a CD called Mindful Meditation for Pain Relief by Jon Kabat-Zinn, founding director of the Stress Reduction Clinic and Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care,and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Several years ago, when I was trying to help a friend cope with her anxiety as her teenage daughter was battling cancer, I took a several-session introduction to Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)-she found no merit in it at all, but I was intrigued by the concept. This CD set takes the concept one step further by instruction how to integrate the reality of constant pain into the consciousness of being in the present. It's not an easy fix and no claims are made that pain will be reduced; the idea is just to change how one's brain processes the sensations and ideas about pain. It will require weeks, if not months of constant listening to incorporate the practices into one's own life.

I do believe that conscious gift-giving is beneficial in and of itself for so many reasons; it is spoken about as one of the strategies for coping with serious stresses, illnesses and pain, but it is considered a distraction rather than truly coming to terms with really dealing with the problem-I have found this to be true in my own life and am still searching for something more. After listening to this for the past few days, I feel there might be great merit in what I've heard and intend to pursue it:

If anyone has any interest in learning more, here's a link:

http://www.amazon.com/Mindfulness-Meditation-Pain-Relief-Reclaiming/dp/1591797403/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1293927827&sr=8-1