“If You Know How to Suffer, You Suffer Less”

This is the title of a talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh in 2013.

He presents some very practical tips.

I particularly enjoyed this part of the talk (around the 30 min mark).

“If you allow the energy of mindfulness and compassion to penetrate into your body, you can release the tension in your body very quickly.

If you surrender to the collective energy of mindfulness and peace and compassion, you can release the tension in your body and reduce the amount of pain in your body.

Then you feel much better after a few minutes of listening.

And if there is some fear, anger and despair or loneliness in your heart - open your heart.

This is the time.”