Presence with Pain
Meeting difficult experiences with awareness rather than avoidance.
When pain arises - physical or emotional - our habit is to flee or distract. Presence means meeting pain directly with awareness. Not seeking it, not avoiding it. This transforms our relationship with difficulty.
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- What Zen says about fear and anxiety
The habit with pain, physical or emotional, is to flee or distract. This practice is to stay with it — neither seeking it out nor running.