Injury

INJURY = harm or damage

QUESTION: Have you suffered an injury recently?

Image: Heather Williams, H.W., M.

STORY: When I was about 10 years old, I was playing outdoors. I do not remember what I banged into - but I hurt my knee. I came indoors kinda thinking my mom might help me with this knee. But she wasn’t home. My sister wasn’t home. My dad was in Chicago. So I realized that I would have to take care of my knee myself. I sat down at my mom’s desk and just kinda focused my mind on my knee. I imagined that my knee and I sat together sharing the pain. I was amazed that after only about 5 or 10 minutes - my knee actually, really felt much better. I did not do anything. I did not treat it with warm water or cold water. I did not put any salve on it. I just paid attention to it. I cared about it. I even loved it. I learned that my mind can be a healing energy and I began to identify with it more and more.

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QUOTES

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” Kahlil Gibran

“Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.” ~ Marcus Aurelius

“Injuries are our best teachers.” ~ Scott Jurek

“If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury. But if you injure him you will always remember.” ~ Khalil Gibran

EXERCISE

STOP.

Sit quietly.

Assume an erect posture. Sense the breath.

Relax and sit calmly for one minute connecting with the Life energy that is flowing through your body.

Get out your pen and paper and write about an injury you have experienced.

And if you have another minute - draw lines expressing the healing flow of energy flowing through your body, loving and healing your body from your head to your toes.