#86 Facing Basic Fear

     “I have treated many hundreds of patients. Among those in the second half of life ... there has not been one whose problem in the last resort was not that of finding a religious (spiritual ***) outlook on life.”
      "Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of life of its purpose."             Carl Jung

     “The secret cause of all suffering is mortality itself, which is the prime condition of life. It cannot be denied if life is to be affirmed … The conquest of the fear of death is the recovery of life’s joy.”          Joseph Campbell

     Humor: "I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes." and "Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing."     Anon

     *** See: http://www.johnlovas.com/2012/04/psychospiritual-technologies.html 

#3 Resources

Kabat-Zinn J. "Mindfulness for beginners. Reclaiming the present moment – and your life." Sounds True, Boulder, CO, 2012.
 
Salzberg S. “Real happiness – The power of meditation. A 28-day program.” Workman Publishing, NY, 2011.

Kabat-Zinn J. “Wherever you go, there you are. Mindfulness meditation in everyday life.” Hyperion, NY, 1994.

Jon Kabat-Zinn PhD (founder of MBSR) speaks at Google about Mindfulness:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nwwKbM_vJc

UMass Medical School Center for Mindfulness - birthplace of MBSR:

http://www.umassmed.edu/cfm/home/index.aspx

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care's "Mind the Moment":

https://www.harvardpilgrim.org/portal/page?_pageid=1434,360741&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

Bangor University's Mindfulness program (UK):

http://www.bangor.ac.uk/mindfulness/

Chris Germer PhD:
http://www.mindfulselfcompassion.org/

Mindfulness Exercises:
http://www.mindfulnessinfo.com/

mindful.org:
http://www.mindful.org/page/about