1. When I was doing this exercise and was taking in the distress and suffering from that specific loved one, I could feel it all through my body. I had to slow my breathing and stay in the moment. It was as if there was so much suffering and I kept drawing it out. The loving-kindness I gave out, the less suffering I drew in. This is nothing like I’ve experienced before. I know this person has great suffering, but it brought it to a whole new level and I could feel it. It was definitely a weird experience in which I had to open my eyes just to keep grounded. When we were asked to take a whole group of people, I would take in the suffering and then return health, happiness and wholeness. There came a point where when I would get to specific people and tears came flowing out. I’m not one for crying and I rarely do it, but it seems these exercises are showing me that it’s ok and that sometimes we need it even if we think we don’t.
I found this experience to be quite beneficial for me; it’s like its opened things up for me and made me open where I was once tightly closed off. I found it to be kind of difficult just because it makes you realize a lot about things and how you treat things and people. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who has a willingness to try and be open. I say this because if it wasn’t for this class I probably wouldn’t have done the exercises on my own or even tried. While we are required to do them, I would still do them on my own now. It’s a new experience that I never thought would be for me, but I was all too wrong. I believe that for me, continuing to do them can only bring great things.
2. A mental workout is putting effort and practice into evolving our psychospiritual life. If we don’t condition our mental abilities we do not gain or further enhance our abilities. Mental work outs that are done with a clear understanding a couple times a day enhance our psychological health. We gain a feeling of gratefulness and feeling blessed; most importantly we grow and become aware that we have the ability to change our life. It gives us the ability to cope with the disturbing thoughts and emotions and enhance the positive ones. We can put these practices in our schedules and make time to do them just like any other agenda item. They can become a part of our daily routine and can only foster our psychological health. By continuing to do the work, we gain peach, calm, ease, delight, creativity and wisdom. In essence it promotes our overall health. I would say to those who are skeptical, what can it hurt to try and free your mind?
2. A mental workout is putting effort and practice into evolving our psychospiritual life. If we don’t condition our mental abilities we do not gain or further enhance our abilities. Mental work outs that are done with a clear understanding a couple times a day enhance our psychological health. We gain a feeling of gratefulness and feeling blessed; most importantly we grow and become aware that we have the ability to change our life. It gives us the ability to cope with the disturbing thoughts and emotions and enhance the positive ones. We can put these practices in our schedules and make time to do them just like any other agenda item. They can become a part of our daily routine and can only foster our psychological health. By continuing to do the work, we gain peach, calm, ease, delight, creativity and wisdom. In essence it promotes our overall health. I would say to those who are skeptical, what can it hurt to try and free your mind?
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