Is There Something Inspiring About Cold Water Exposure?

The Buddhist monk in training to the pain of the cold water exposure, it's fascinating to think about giving more attention to that suffering or to that pain reduces the suffering. For me, it all ties together with this thought that there is something incredibly powerful about anything that we can do to sort of lead ourselves more fully into our experience. The notion that stepping fully into the experience of being human is something we sort of can't afford to do because it will be too awful is repeatedly the light by experience.

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