These two different exercises were challenging in different ways. With the loving kindness exercise, it prompted you to consider the ones that you love and the ones that hurt you. This brought about memories that aren't always present in my mind everyday. With the subtle mind exercise, it was a little different challenge as it prompted you to really focus on your inner thoughts and mind and to do this required a place, for me, that was free of sound and distraction. Both were good, I thought, and both focused on different things. I plan on using both of these in my daily life.
The spiritual mind is something that I can always improve on. Often time I think that just by praying, and not always at the same time, that this is enough. This is true either because of normal day to day time conditions or just perhaps my own second self denying the fact that I should do more. I believe the spiritual mind should be as important, if not more important than our mental and physical aspects on one's self. To me, the spiritual mind should be the third piece of the trio of total fitness, the mind, the body and the spirit.
Hi Scott,
ReplyDeleteI find it difficult to find a nice quiet spot for my yoga practice and meditation because no one wants to leave me alone! My kids always want to know what is going on, as if my practice is some new thing, not something I have been doing all their lives! It takes commitment and patience to find the space and time, but it is worth it.
Scott,
ReplyDeleteI also found both exercises to be challenging, but very rewarding. They both achieved something different within me. I think you have to be able to release the negative before you can clear your head of all your thoughts. It is like lifting another weight off your shoulders before you try to calm your mind and find peace. Utilizing both of these exercises should be beneficial in your life.
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ReplyDeleteHi Scott,
ReplyDeleteI found the subtle mind to be less challenging than the loving-kindness exercise in that I felt more confident and relaxed than before. I mentioned that it was less forced and more natural in my blog. I suppose as time passes, we believe in this transformation our ourselves, and put words into action, the better results we shall receive.
I, too, have to quiet the environment around me. I find it difficult to really attend to myself when unwanted noises such as the phone ringing or television blaring echo in the background.
The difficulty I experienced in this exercise was making the time in my day. Once I did, the results were rewarding.
I found the loving-kindness exercise to be wonderful in that self-serving thoughts quickly faded from my thought processes. We were asked to attend to the feelings and well-being of others; this is something I intend to do more often. Just as the implication of forgiveness, I found that a heavy load was lifted from my shoulders.