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For people suffering from chronic pain meditation is a good thing to get into. I read about some who have surgery without anaesthetic using this technique. Is the mind really that powerful?

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Moonwolf is right.  The mind is powerful enough to block surgical pain, to a point.  Once that knife hits the skin, I would venture to say 99.99 % of all people attempting it would say, "You know what?  I want to be put out... NOW". 

It takes a long time to discipline the mind enough to handle chronic pain, months to years.  Meditation is more like a way of life.  Meditating with a goal in mind is bound to be a great disappointment because no thing happens.  I'm not trying to be cryptic here.  Just saying that meditation can result in relaxation, lead to a reduction in pain levels, and even produce a kind of blissful euphoria, but none of these are to be chased after. 

Like grasping a fistful of sand trying to hang on to to most amount and watching most of it slip right through your fingers, meditation with a set goal other than counting your breath can simply be frustrating.  If you expect no thing, you may be pleasantly surprised.

Be kind to strangers, for thereby many have entertained angels unawares...
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nurseinpain
nurseinpain

i just had a blue box of some kind pop up in the window when i was writing and i do not know what it was, even and then it disappeared, so whatever it was it was aol it said so in the corner, but the rest of it i wasn't able to read becuase it was on the screen and then gone so fast that i didn't know it disappeared, so do you know what it was? it popped up over the comment section?

 
 
nurseinpain
nurseinpain

i hate being in pain it isolates you..........i hate it.

 

 
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