The exercise “Love Kindness” is
very powerful. To me, is like a prayer for end of suffering, for love and
compassion, for freedom, health, happiness and wholeness. As this prayer I am
pretty sure everyone wishes for themselves and their loved ones, I expand it to
people that I don’t necessarily like or know. This is experiencing
Loving-Kindness. For me, it helps to relieve anger and hard feelings, find
resolution and release myself from a circle of pain.
The self-assessment was intense and
enlightening. As I walked myself through my life and its problems, I reflected
on all aspects and pinpointed the ones that bring me much pain, anxiety,
difficulty or dilemma. At this point, I know that I am doing well physically
and I take care of my body though there is always room for improvement.
Spiritually, I am in a good place of growth. My approach to identify my areas
that need work was to identify what brings me most distress and concern. I need
to work on my interpersonal aspect of my life and this is all I can say at this
point.
Through meditation and prayer, I am
able to bring body, mind and spirit together to harmony. Reflection and focus help me clear my mind and think of what
matters, what needs my attention at that particular time. Relaxation exercises
are being done at least once a day, mandatory at night, before bedtime.
Shirley,
ReplyDeleteI like that you pray for friends, family, and enemies. The last one maybe the toughest but also provides the most growth. It is awesome that you are Identifying your strengths and areas that need growth. Keep up the great work! I’m with you in using these techniques before fading to sleep. I find I’m sleeping better if I go through some meditation prior to sleeping.
I like your chosen art or pictures for each weeks topic and I may have to steal the idea has I think it is cool! I hope you didn’t eat to much halloween candy, I know I did now I need gym time. Have a great week and keep up the stellar work!
Jeff
Jeff,
ReplyDeletethank you so much for your kind words. This class has been fantastic for me and I could never imagine that personally, I would benefit so much from it.
As for candies, none for me. I have been a good girl.
You are doing a great job yourself and i enjoy reading your posts. Best of luck.