In this Podcast Gen Demo, a Buddhist nun who is dealing with the chronic disease of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), explains how she is learning to let go of worry and accept her illness. Worrying makes everything worse and has a big effect on health. Gen Demo emphasizes how debilitating worry is in her life and how important it is to relax into the uncertainty of her condition and the uncertainty of the future. Worrying makes everything worse and has a big effect on health. She is learning to be gentle and tries to make the most of all situations she meets. An especially inspiring podcast to uplift and help everyone who is dealing with any difficulties in their life.

00:00:00 Intro
00:29 Being diagnosed with MS & spiritual advice from her teacher
01:26 The impact of worry on our health
06:04 The importance of preventing worry. 
09:59 Thoughts that cause peace during a painful procedure. 
18:28 Realizing that even if my body isn't ok, I'll be ok
23:47 What the sickness has taught me
28:58 Coming to terms with imperfection and hardship
36:49 Adapting patiently, meditating with pain
41:04 Meditation helps on deeper levels for the future
46:44 Can I meditate with chronic pain? 
49:45 Ending
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Book references
How to Transform Your Life: https://kadampa.org/books/free-ebook-download-howtotyl
How to Solve our Human Problems https://kadampa.org/book/how-to-solve-our-human-problems

Gen Demo is the Resident Teacher in Kadampa Meditation Center Washington DC https://meditation-dc.org/

The participants of these podcasts are practicing meditation according to the New Kadampa Tradition, which has over a thousand meditation centers worldwide. See more https://kadampa.org/

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