The main one for me is: Being With What Is -
with as little complaint, and as much gratefulness as possible.
Having hope I do not find helpful - just the opposite in fact.

I don’t know, and I often do wonder about, Past Lives, and Karma - and
things like that. Not that it makes any difference.

Back in the sixties/seventies in California, a woman had an accident and
was paralysed. She was told she would not walk again. I think her name was
Barry Stephens.

As I remember the incident… she got the surgeon to give her illustrations
of the part of the back involved, together with pictures of the damaged
cells in that area.  She meditated, and got to walking again.
I think she wrote a book: “Don’t Push the River.”

Someone I knew was the first person to have their diagnosis of HIV
positive revert to negative.

I think this is the formula: Being with what is - and not just
automatically accepting what we have been told is possible and not
possible.
Acknowledging the preferences, and just being open, for whatever.

Love - the healing force.

In a way, gratefulness is love, and love is gratefulness.

Sending love…

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>From: Leonor

>Dear Paul,
>
>I hope (and have not much doubt) this email finds you well.
>
>My name is Leonor, I am deeply grateful to feel I know you a little
>from your teachings, books, recordings and videos.
>
>I am deeply grateful to you for leading me into getting in touch
>with myself as part of a whole.
>
>I am writing to you, to ask for some advise.
>
>I have a very dear friend who had an accident recently and who finds
>himself paralyzed from his neck down. I am praying and sending him
>all the energy and thoughts, visualizing his recovery.
>
>Today I spoke to his wife who lovingly asked me from some advise and
>help. She requested I give some tips and/or suggestions on how my
>friend/her husband could deal with the pain, the depression and
>anger, the difficult moments where he looses all hope.
>
>To be totally honest, I felt scared, like I have no idea what to say
>as I have never been in such situation. Like I have not even been
>"that - in touch with myself" for a while, so how on earth could I
>advise him anything?
>
>All I could say to him when we talked next was to breathe and always
>breathe consciously, deeply, through all the feelings, the good and
>the bad, to embrace them all as part of him, to allow them to be
>there.... and even that felt superficial, not enough, like bla, bla,
>bla.
>
>I am writing to you today asking for an advise, on what to tell him,
>on what to recommend to him, on what do myself.
>
>Much love and blessings for you and those around you, and thanks
>again for what has been given already, it has been huge.
>
>Leonor