Day 26

Could it be that women, by the very nature of having to accept such bodily challenges as child-birth (maybe once or more per lifetime) and menstruation (once per month) and the menopause (once per lifetime), are able to be generally more accepting of the situations and challenges that may be presented in life than men are??

I think so: it is my belief that women have probably an easier route to self-realisation than men by the nature of the pain that they have which is a part of their form and a part of their life. As men, therefore, we have a lot to potentially learn from our female counterparts if they are willing to teach us.

I have a sebaceous cyst on my back. It is unpleasant but I am not going to see the doctor unless something dramatic changes. I have had one before, a couple of summers ago,and the doctor gave me antibiotics (not keen on those) and then after them not making much difference the cyst was drained. This made not much difference either so then I took matters into my own hands and whilst at Thorpe Park in the summer of 2008 I rode the rides to destruction and smashed up the cyst in my back to boot. What this did was enable my GP on the next visit to say:

"I think I can take this out if you can take the pain, I can't localise the area with anaesthetic very well, but do you want to try?"

"Sure"

He got a scalpel and removed the offending Cyst from my back and then I had to have the wound packed for a few weeks to stop it healing over and forming an abscess. Pretty grotty really.

So now I have another cyst, in a similar place. In fact, when I went to Vipassana in September 2008 I felt a cyst starting on my back but somehow the healing power that was magnified at such a spiritual place as Dipa Dhamma managed to keep it at bay.

So now I am trying a similar technique with this new cyst. Meditation, Reiki, asking god to heal. These are all techniques I am trying to get rid of the cyst. Will let you know the outcome.

Be HAPPY :-).