Vipassana & coping with tragedy of the lost plane
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:33 am
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/20/world/fli ... ?hpt=hp_t1
He said he has drawn strength from his recent experience with Vipassana, an ancient technique of meditation in India. Vipassana means to see things as they really are.
The essential message of transience and impermanence has lent perspective, he said. The practice of being in the "present," however difficult, he said, has helped him manage "the menace of an overworked imagination."