Gore and Love
Usually, we treat the treatment for cancer as a fight...or rather a war. The body is the battlezone being viciously fought over by the good guys; our immune system and the white blood cells the good warriors. On the other side are the bad guys; the cancer cells with their zombie-like nature blindly wreaking havoc on the previously beautiful land. Reminds you of the battles in the Lord of the Rings.
On the other hand, there is another view of the cancerous situation; the initial cancer cells are our own cells. They were traumatised by events beyond their control; either by pollution, carcinogens or emotional hurts. They turned bad not by their accord. They need to be loved and brought back to the fold.They are like your family members who are ill, surely we must try out best to nurse them back to health?
Or even if we were to remove or kill the cancer cells, we don't do it with deep malice. But we remove them from our system to protect the rest of healthy cells, and we wish them well in their next life or where they are going next. We send our metta or loving kindness or blessing to these maliagnant cells so that they will not suffer nor bring suffering in their next existence.
The views may be contradicting each other, but I think the visualisation could be combined. Mr Lim advised me possible visualisation to prepare for my radiotherapy, and I kind of like his suggestion. It is the about removing the tumor from my C6, wishing them well, hoping they will have less suffering in their next existence. I think the last thing my body needs is another vision of blood, gore and violence.
On the other hand, there is another view of the cancerous situation; the initial cancer cells are our own cells. They were traumatised by events beyond their control; either by pollution, carcinogens or emotional hurts. They turned bad not by their accord. They need to be loved and brought back to the fold.They are like your family members who are ill, surely we must try out best to nurse them back to health?
Or even if we were to remove or kill the cancer cells, we don't do it with deep malice. But we remove them from our system to protect the rest of healthy cells, and we wish them well in their next life or where they are going next. We send our metta or loving kindness or blessing to these maliagnant cells so that they will not suffer nor bring suffering in their next existence.
The views may be contradicting each other, but I think the visualisation could be combined. Mr Lim advised me possible visualisation to prepare for my radiotherapy, and I kind of like his suggestion. It is the about removing the tumor from my C6, wishing them well, hoping they will have less suffering in their next existence. I think the last thing my body needs is another vision of blood, gore and violence.
posted by Hee Boon at 12:21 pm
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