“I Own This Body. I Own This Disability.”
A practitioner learns to accept a diagnosis of cerebral palsy and find peace with himself.
Illness
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Making Our Own Jewels
A writer and practitioner reflects on her terminal illness.
How Imperfection—and Attention to It—Invites Care
In a recent episode of Tricycle Talks, playwright Sarah Ruhl shares her journey to acceptance and self-compassion following her diagnosis with Bell’s palsy.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
The Myth of Moving On
Writer Suleika Jaouad navigates the aftermath of illness and explores the in-between places.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
I Can Only Imagine
Adapted from Smile: The Story of a Face
Reading with the End in Mind
A professor of Buddhist narrative learns to live with her cancer diagnosis by connecting with Buddhist stories.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Will I Get More Time This Time?
A Buddhist teacher and cancer survivor is hospitalized during the pandemic.
Disease Is Inevitable. Compassion Is a Choice.
Amid the coronavirus outbreak, a practitioner visiting China reflects on how panic spreads and what we can do to open our hearts again.
“My Consciousness Can Now Prepare for Death”
In this interview from 2000, Ram Dass discusses entering the final chapter of his life and how his sudden illness was a "stroke of luck."
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