XIX-An Infinite Yes: Meditation, Consciousness, & Medicine – Amy Edelstein & L.Jarrett 3 PDA

26 Nov 2012

Two and a half years ago Amy was critically injured in a motor vehicle accident that she is still in the process of recovering from. She very nearly lost her leg and has endured multiple surgeries and much pain. Yet it was in the very midst of being rescued from the accident that Amy made a conscious choice about how to relate to the entire event that she has not moved from since. That choice was to identify with, and act from, her highest ideals regardless of the outcome. Wouldn’t it be heaven if all our patients took such a positive creative, and non-victimized stance relative to themselves? If they did what would be the role of holistic and integral medicine?

Amy and I discuss the spiritual perspective on trauma, illness, and the role that awakening and free will play in health and healing. I have provided a link to Amy’s discussion of her accident and her response to it below. This course should be compelling to anyone with an interest in the spiritual practice of medicine.

Reading: Please read Amy’s account of her accident and her choice by clicking here.

  1. Articles

    A Portal Beyond Pain I have been meditating since 1982, when I first saw Zen Master Eido Roshi lecture at Cornell University where I was a student. A circuitous route led me to Nepal and India where over the next four years I meditated at Tibetan monasteries, Vedantic Ashrams, high in the Himalayas by the glacial …
  2. Discussions

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    Please read the discussion we had with Amy for 1.5 hours: Click Here!
  3. A Portal Beyond Pain I have been meditating since 1982, when I first saw Zen Master Eido Roshi lecture at Cornell University where I was a student. A circuitous route led me to Nepal and India where over the next four years I meditated at Tibetan monasteries, Vedantic Ashrams, high in the Himalayas by the glacial …

    Amy Edelstein: Worksheet

    Please complete and return with test/essay. Thank you. 1. Amy’s main point is: a. One should think positive thoughts. b. One must arrive at a place of having profound conviction in the ultimate positivity of life. 2. In life’s most challenging moments we have a choice to either care more or less. a. True! b. False. ☹ 3. When meditating: a. It’s …

    Essay

    Essay: Great challenges in life afford us the opportunity to make a choice based on our lowest impulses or highest convictions. That choice means that , in the face of our challenges, we will either care more or less about our spiritual …
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    Amy Edelstein: Worksheet

    Please complete and return with test/essay. Thank you. 1. Amy’s main point is: a. One should think positive thoughts. b. One must arrive at a place of having profound conviction in the ultimate positivity of life. 2. In life’s most challenging moments we have a choice to either care more or less. a. True! b. False. ☹ 3. When meditating: a. It’s …
  5. Essay

    Essay

    Essay: Great challenges in life afford us the opportunity to make a choice based on our lowest impulses or highest convictions. That choice means that , in the face of our challenges, we will either care more or less about our spiritual …