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    Anonymous |

    Dokusan:

    "I'm frightened!"
    "How big do you feel?"
    "Oh - small"
    "How old are you?"
    "Seven".
    "Be kind to the little boy inside you. Go and look into his fear."

    Back on my cushion, the little boy in me and I talked together.

    "Why are you hiding?"
    "I'm scared."
    "Why?"
    "Dad's going to beat me."

    And as we talked it through, and I cried with fear, my heart went out to the little boy in my memory. I comforted…

    Read more of: A Moment in Dokusan

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