1. I found this practice to be beneficial. It allows me to relax and think about the pleasant and unpleasant moments in my life. Once I have taken hold of the unpleasant moment I can diminish them in my heart and turn them into love and kindness. It also taught me to be able to do this same thing to loved ones who are suffering or even to strangers. I would recommend this to others so they too can learn to change their unpleasant moments into love and kindness as well as share this with their loved ones and strangers.
2. The concept of "mental workout" is not to be able to relax and rest but to advance in the development of a larger consciousness and its healing capacities. You will learn loving-kindness and how to have a subtle mind. As a result to this you will achieve discipline and perseverance, peace and calm, ease and delight, and creativity and wisdom. The way that I can implement mental workouts to foster my psychological health would be to do the exercises as recommended. Take five to fifteen minutes a day and dedicate them to nothing but the exercises of loving kindness and the subtle mind. This will help me attain human flourishing.
Reference:
Dacher, E. S. (2006). Integral Health, The Path to Human Flourishing pgs. 65-66. Laguna Beach: Basic Health.
I am still doing the Loving-kindness practices. They help me to relax after a hard long day. I really like that we have learned how to do these exercises because I can now take the bad and turn it into good. I will continue to do these exercises even after this class has ended. I think that the mental workout is ideal for anyone who wants to learn how the loving-kindness and a subtle mind work.
ReplyDeleteI am still loving the loving-kindness exercises. I use it everyday, it really helps me relax. I really like that we learned this exercise.
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