Meditation

Seeking new ways to treat post-traumatic stress, the Department of Veteran Affairs is studying the use of transcendental meditation to help returning veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. Declaration of Independence from distractions.


I used meditation all throughout my time in the hospital. As I said before, I don't respond to painkillers like morphine, so the pain management was terrible following my surgery, especially in the ICU. It did something to me, I'd never experienced that level of pain before. 


To help get through it, I'd meditate, just blank out my mind to help make it through. This video is amazing, Sigur Rós: Rembihnútur. It means a double knot, something tough to get out of.