Reply #81: Sometimes meditation doesn't work and I take pain killers or xanax for what ails me.

[KittyWampus]

Under a doctor's supervision. But I really try to limit the use of both.

Jeez, I'm not like a christian scientist who says don't take medicine just pray it away.

And as far as smoking mj for pain... if you are in pain, doesn't the pot just help with that and not so much get you high? I have heard that mj is WAY more selective these days than when I smoked. You can get special weed for pain, for insomnia, for getting high etc.

I used to body surf summers before I graduated high school. Now I am too out of shape. I'm pushing 50 and dealing with some biological stuff.

I find the times when meditation really doesn't work for me is when I have become "scattered". And also been eating too much "fun" food over too long a time. Maybe inflammation has something to do with it.