Mental workout and Loving KIndness
I still find this exercise challenging. I can feel the love as she tells you to, but after a minute or two my mind begins to wander. I am going to keep trying until my focus becomes longer and longer. I love the idea of sending love to yourself and sending love out into the universe. When I think of someone I love more than anything, I think of my children. The love I feel when they are lying in bed with me, holding my hand and breathing softly. I cherish those moment more than anything and it really makes me feel love, caring, kindness, tenderness and joy. That is what I tried to send into loving myself, and it is hard. I guess because we know mistakes we made and sometimes it is hard to totally just feel love for yourself without judgement (well for me anyways). I am working on it!
The part of the exercise I did really enjoy, was breathing in someone's pain and suffering and letting it dissolve into you then you breathe it out. This reminds me of "The Green Mile". I would love to be able to take away someone's pain that easily, or even my own. Just breathe it in, let it dissolve and breather it out. After a lot of practice I bet it would be about that simple.
A mental workout is something that works your mind. Something that challenges you, something that makes you grow. There are many ways we can train our minds and that depends on our individual needs and areas we need to grow. Training the mind is not too different from training your body, if fact they are tied together. When you train your body, your muscles grow, you lose fat, gain stamina, become stronger, your body functions more efficiently and you basically change your physiology. Training your mind has similar effects on your mind and your body. You become more focused, have clearer thoughts, better control over your emotions and thoughts and in turn have a positive effect on your physical health.
For me, working out brings that mental push I really need. I feel so great about the world after a great workout. I really want to foster a greater calmness in my life though. I will mediate more and try to connect with the world in a different way. Visualization exercises seem to work best for me so I am going to incorporate that into my routine more. I also like to write in a journal. I am going to start a journal about psychospiritual development and growth. I want to tap into the depths of my mind and challenge myself to grow. I hope you can all do the same.
Have a great day.
"If it doesn't challenge you it doesn't change you" ~ Fred Devito
The part of the exercise I did really enjoy, was breathing in someone's pain and suffering and letting it dissolve into you then you breathe it out. This reminds me of "The Green Mile". I would love to be able to take away someone's pain that easily, or even my own. Just breathe it in, let it dissolve and breather it out. After a lot of practice I bet it would be about that simple.
A mental workout is something that works your mind. Something that challenges you, something that makes you grow. There are many ways we can train our minds and that depends on our individual needs and areas we need to grow. Training the mind is not too different from training your body, if fact they are tied together. When you train your body, your muscles grow, you lose fat, gain stamina, become stronger, your body functions more efficiently and you basically change your physiology. Training your mind has similar effects on your mind and your body. You become more focused, have clearer thoughts, better control over your emotions and thoughts and in turn have a positive effect on your physical health.
For me, working out brings that mental push I really need. I feel so great about the world after a great workout. I really want to foster a greater calmness in my life though. I will mediate more and try to connect with the world in a different way. Visualization exercises seem to work best for me so I am going to incorporate that into my routine more. I also like to write in a journal. I am going to start a journal about psychospiritual development and growth. I want to tap into the depths of my mind and challenge myself to grow. I hope you can all do the same.
Have a great day.
"If it doesn't challenge you it doesn't change you" ~ Fred Devito
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