Thoughts on COVID-19 and My Own Experiences as a Cancer Survivor Harmala Gupta, Founder-President, CanSupport (www.cansupport.org) March 31 2020. What strikes me at this time is that those in authority and ordinary individuals don’t behave very differently when it comes to handling bad news. We are only too aware of the time it took China... Continue Reading →
My Cancer Diary: Ananya Mukherjee (2019)
This is a very special book. Full of insights into living with cancer and the uncertainities of life, with a STRONG sense of HUMOUR. You will really ENJOY reading this book and seeing the videos. Cancer Memoir- Ananya Book launch video of 90 minutes. It is a mixture readings from the book, and interviews with... Continue Reading →
Spiritual way of living with a diagnosis of Cancer: Anonymous
Personal experience of a person living with a diagnosis of Cancer, after reading the special issue of THE CALL BEYOND (2016) from Sri Aurobindo Society( please documents section for the full 21 page document of articles). ( by a member of the WhatsApp group: My emotional health) Dear Sir, After reading the article, I found... Continue Reading →
Book Review: SAASIVE TANDAVALU (Kannada) by Bharathi, B.V.
SAASIVE TANDAVALU(Kannada) by Bharathi, B.V. (2019) Alampu Prakashana. Bangalore. This is a very special book that presents the personal experiences of Ms. Bharathi, B.V. a cancer survivor, from the beginning of suspicion about cancer, through the diagnosis, surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy and recovery. A good way to describe the scope of the book is to... Continue Reading →
SUFFERING_Some Reflections
SUFFERING-Some reflections The diagnosis of Cancer and living with cancer is associated with suffering. A compilation of narratives from different sources is at the later part of this blogpost. However, the more important purpose of this post is to share the insights of Sri Aurobindo on Suffering. Please read and reflect on the same and... Continue Reading →
Spirituality and Health-R.Srinivasa Murthy
Spirituality and Health-R.Srinivasa Murthy The evidence for the positive evidence of spirituality and its health benefits. This was part of the SPECTRUM lecture series of Sri Aurobindo Cultural Trust Centre at Bangalore. Beginning with the broad definition of spirituality, ‘Spirituality is a broad concept which encompasses the search for MEANING, PERSONAL VALUES and DEVELOPMENT, a... Continue Reading →
BENEFITS OF WALKING
From HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, USA. July 2019. 5 surprising benefits of walking The next time you have a check-up, don't be surprised if your doctor hands you a prescription to walk. Yes, this simple activity that you've been doing since you were about a year old is now being touted as "the closest thing we... Continue Reading →
Survivor Experiences-Anonymous
Survivor Experiences-Anonymous(March 20, 2019) Cancer Survivor experiences (whatsapp group on My Emotional health- my choice) As I was replying to the message(March 20,2019) by members in the emotional health group, my mind was flooded with all the memories of my treatment days. It's nearly 5 years post diagnosis for me. I was just wondering how... Continue Reading →
Moving Beyond Cancer-NCI
Moving Beyond Cancer Living with a diagnosis of cancer is recognised as challenge at the physical, psychological, economic, family, society and spiritual levels. This recognition of the needs has resulted in a number of programmes to support the survivors. An effort by the National Cancer Institute is noteworthy for the exploration of the different methods... Continue Reading →
Sharing of experiences are empowering for others in similar situations
You all recall the way Ms.Geetha Sekhar, referring to her changed situation as moving from being a DURACELL to ORDINARY cell. I have an another anology. We are all like candles. In course of time we will burn out and disappear. However, like aLIGHTED CANDLE, each of us can light other candles and spread light.... Continue Reading →
Living with cancer 