Hello all! I don't let you get away ka, coming to say hi with the last email message about the second story from my Peaceful Death participation kaaa.
We learned about 'Tonglen' (ทองเลน) technique, which is a meditation practice found in Tibetan Buddhism.The process is for us to be focused to give and send positive energy to the other while taking into oneself the worries or sickness to 'recycle' before sending pure energy back and continue doing so for 10 minutes.
I tried healing my friend's ankle using it and surprisingly, she said she felt some electrical waves from my hand to her ankle ka. I then was highly mindful when doing it ka.
We went as volunteers to Nakornpathom hospital to visit patients ka. My friend and I chose to visit a stroke patient. Since the patient couldn't talk and basically slept all day, my friend talked with her son and I to her daughter ka.
I tried using Tonglen on her to notice how she held my hand so tightly. I also observed that she breathed faster. Her daughter said she suffers from asthma but after a while, she started breathing normally. She opened her eyes much longer than the previous days and responded quite well. I think the process we learned worked even I couldn't say how much it was ka. I did it on her daughter and told her to take extra care of herself so she could offer her care to her mom ka.
Lessons learned from us and from other experiences are:
- Tonglen works with the giver's high mindfulness and pure intention ka. It could at least give the caregivers some encouragement and hope for what's best for the patients ka.
- Family bond is touching. The son is in another province but ready to be responsible for their mom's rehabilitation as they'll move her to a center very close to where he's staying. The daughter was crying feeling she could only visit her mom on weekends when she could see her mom every day in Nakornpathom ka.
- A brief volunteers' visit could boost the spirit of patients' relatives in time of need. It'd be good for us to do it when we can ka.
- Be prepared for our own selves and our loved ones to suffer/pass at any time with some unexpected conditions or sickness. Several cases were shocking and some of us visited during their very final hour ka.
Have to admit that I dared not choose to be at ICU or Accident/ Emergency Department ka.
The visit has changed my total perspective of how one visit should be and how we should approach patients as visitors ka.
I now have my completed สมุดเบาใจ, plan to keep up my daily meditation and practice ทองเลน. Hopefully, I'll be more prepared for the uncertain future of life.
Stay healthy and prepared na ka.
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