Comments on: Can you wear your crown when you’re ill or in pain?

By: Sarah Marie Lacy

Sarah Marie Lacy — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:50:07 +0000

This was exactly what I needed to read this morning as I sit here feeling like I’m trapped in a body that won’t do what I want it to.

It’s a timely reminder to myself that this isn’t my body trying to punish me. It means I can open myself back up to the wisdom it’s trying to share, or even just its needs. It’s doing its best with what it has. (Hey, dear body, I do appreciate you!)

Also – you don’t happen to watch/read Rumpole do you? My father bought my mum a mug one year for Mother’s Day that said “She Who Must Be Obeyed.” I giggled when I read that.

By: Rebecca Leigh

Rebecca Leigh — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:09:57 +0000

Thank you Hiro, for this and all your wonderful guidance.

It sounds funny, but I feel like I’ve made a difference simply by having the intention of making friends with my gut (my chronic illness being Crohn’s Disease BTW).

So, when things are not going well, instead of thinking of my gut as the enemy and saying, “Argh, why are you doing this to me?”, I now try to think of my gut as a dear friend and say, “Oh, I can see you’re trying really hard to support me but you’re having a hard time. How can I help?”

That change in mindset (when I can remember to practice it!) makes everything softer and more open. I have similar conversations with the part of me that yearns for rest… asking, “what can we do now to help you with that?” rather than, “be quiet, I have work to do!”

Coming from the assumption that all my selves are on the same team, and offering self-compassion and self-kindness as a first step, even that seemingly small change makes a big difference.

Thank you again for your wisdom Hiro xox

By: Elana

Elana — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:48:00 +0000

‘…but at the heart of every aspect of our selves is wholeness’. Yes.
Thank you Hiro. This post has aroused a tremendous sense of gratitude and reverence for my health and physical well-being.
Now, how about wearing the crown when depressed and/or anxious and fearful? These are some of the disabilities I experience that also affect physical energies. I find the quicksand of a grey mindset quickly sets my crown askew.

By: Kamna Narain

Kamna Narain — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:32:02 +0000

Thank you for these words of wisdom Hiro. As someone with a visual disability and various other health issues this is an excellent reminder. When I’m not feeling physicially as well as I should, it is my body (or selves) communicating messages about a need for change in lifestyle, emotional state, or how I relate to others.

In fact, I’d venture to say that it is some of the very times when I have been ill or dealing with health issues that I’ve had the most emotional or spiritual clarity.

By: Christine Myers

Christine Myers — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:23:05 +0000

How appropo, as I’ve been dealing with a backslide in my hypothyroidism. I’m frustrated because even though it seems pretty clear that my body is telling me I need more rest and spaciousness in my life, I can’t prevent the opposite from happening.

Perhaps there is a compromise?