Unit 6 Post

Greetings everyone. So this week we had to practice the Loving kindness meditation exercises and also had to complete the intregal assessment. Lets start with the Loving Kindness exercise. I personally after the exercises did not feel more loving- kindness running though me. I can understand how others it may bring comfort and make them feel more loving-kindness in there life. I am one who is more focused on actions to show loving-kindness. Being there for a friend, listening to a co-worker, overall just generally caring for others helps me feel a sense of loving kindness not only for myself but others. I understand taking the time to meditate loving-kindness may help take anger and stress away, but it can only do so much. 

The next assessment we had to take was the integral assessment. For this we had to take a look at ourselves and figures out things like what do we want to discover about ourselves and what we can do to grown and develop that area. I personally feel as though I would focus on interpersonal right now the relationship with my family. I am one who as gotten really good at separating emotions from myself. Where I keep all my thoughts and feelings inside or with in my journal. Journaling is the only way for me to truly express my thoughts and get myself to a calmer mind. Another way I could help calm my mind from thoughts and let go of emotions would be through meditation. Taking the time everyday to have a few moments to just sit in peace would calm my mind. 

Unit 5 Exercise

This week we had to compare and contrast the the Loving kindness exercise and subtle mind exercise. Honestly I did not get much out of either one of the exercises really.  Both seemed very similar in many ways. I guess that that would be one of my frustrations is that they all seem so similar the exercises. Maybe I am just not understanding them correctly. I understand the importance of loving and kindness and it is something I feel in my heart not so much in my mind. 

 One thing I have learned just in my own personal experience and not from a book is that spiritual, mental and physical wellness are all connected. Mental and Physical are very closely connected because it takes a lot of mental power to work our physically. Meaning getting the sometimes motivation to do it and then also having the ability to push yourself through a hard workout. For example I run half marathons and there is point in which your mind thinks that you can’t go any farther. You learn to use your mental power to push past it because you really know what you can handle. In running before a race I always pray, mainly to my grandfather asking him to be with me as I run. It gives me a mental peace before I run and is a way for me to calm my mind and nerves before a race and it makes me happy thinking about how proud he would be of me.