It is now a bit more than two weeks since I was involuntary admitted to a Mental Health Hospital in Falköping, Sweden, not far from Härlunda where Mum lives. I managed to bring my Buddhist books with me and I have found great comfort from a book written by Lama Zopa 'Practicing Pure Dharma The Ten Innermost Jewels' (2012). This book was a gift from Wendy Cook and I am so thankful to her for giving it to me. In this book I read:
"Putting up with hardship is the best way to purify your accumulated negative karma.
My onlyYou Tube video I have posted with the title 'Never give up" is an illustration on how to practice patience and enthusiasm. If things get tough, just keep going and you will get there, I am sure!
My mum says:
- 'Hur jävligt det än blir så ska du inte ge upp'
Translated maybe like this:
- 'However bad things get, do not give up!
(by the way I do not agree with the diagnosis and am in the psocess of contesting it :)
If you are interested in the drugs they give me here they are: Lithionite (84mg morning and evening) and Olanzapine (20mg at night).
Another book I am studying at the moment is 'Mind in comfort and ease' by His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2007). On page 28 in this book it says:
"A good human being is
- Patient
- Tolerant
- Altruistic
- Compassionate
- Contented
- Self-disciplined
All of which is well worth contemplating to see if I am a good human or not.
My life is my practice, and there are lots of opportunities for me to practice here in the 'psykosvard 1' unit in Falköping, Sweden. I am placed in a room with three other patients. One of them is continously telling us that she wants to die. She is writing notes that she is under threat from terrorists. I am not sure if she is making things up or not, but I have bought her shower cream, massage oil and foot cream so she can self-nurture to help her get her will to live back again.
I have also massaged another patients feet and legs with a nice and calming lavender oil that I found in the Pharmacy at the hospital.
I would like to share one of Mia Dyson's songs 'When the moment comes'. It is my favourite!
click here to listen to Mia Dyson
I pay Homage the original Buddha's teaching, to my teachers Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, Geshe Sonam Thargye, Jampa Drolma, Jakob Leschly, Alan Wallace, Geshe Doga, Tsapel and indirectly S N Goenka and many others.