1. My meditation experiences for this week have been wonderful. I have practiced the exclusive meditation, focusing mainly on mantra. I find using the mantra to be the best way to meditate. The reason I find that this one is the best one to use is because I repeat the word ‘love’ and it keeps me very focused. I can keep a clear mind better by repeating a word instead of just trying to clear my mind completely. If I try to clear my mind completely it tends to wander off and I cannot keep focused, but by using the word ‘love’ I can be completely focused and relaxed.
Meditation has fostered an increase in my psychological wellness by helping me relax. Now that I am more relaxed I am not as stressed and agitated all the time. I can now enjoy my days after work instead just wanting to go to bed so I do not have to deal with anything else. I also can sleep better at night and if I do get up I can just meditate to help me relax again and soon fall asleep. I used to get up in the middle of the night and my mind would be going a hundred miles an hour, but now when I wake up I can meditate to clear my mind and help me go back to sleep.
2. Describe the saying ‘one cannot lead another where one has not gone himself’: to me this saying means that if you haven’t been where you are saying you have don’t lead with false knowledge. You shouldn’t lead someone to the path of human flourishing if you yourself have not gone down that path; one thing you could do is to go down the path together.
This applies to the health and wellness professional because they are leaders to a patient’s knowledge. I wouldn’t want to go to a physician that says they know what they are doing when they really have no clue. The physician needs to know what they are talking about, especially when it come to someone’s illness, so that they can properly inform the patient on what they are going through or what they will experience. Just like with medication a patient wants to know what the medication does or what the side effects are, the physician is the one they are going to ask, so the physician should know what they are doing.
I would say yes that I have an obligation to develop my health psychology, physically and spiritually. If I am going to teach my patients about their health and what they can do to make it better, then yes I am going to do the same for my health. I would lead by example not tell them what they can do and not do it myself.
I can implement psychological and spiritual growth in my life by keeping up with meditation, loving-kindness, and witnessing mind practices. By doing this I can hopefully live a life that is less stressful (I am not going to push stress free), a more relaxed life, and being able to enjoy everything that I do. I will also teach others what I have learned here in this class.
So I tried meditating today and I got nothing....I guess I was really distracted and could not get myself focused. I am not sure if anyone else has experienced a day where they were just so, not necessarily stressed, but had a lot on their mind that they could not stay focused long enough to meditate but thats how my day was today. I have recently been given the job of managing our clearance aisle where I work and that is a nightmare of a job. I have been given so many tasks to do that have to be done within a month and I am getting nowhere. I have been working in this department for two weeks and it seems as though I have not made any progress toward what I am supposed to get done. I think that this is why my meditation practice that I did today did no good. I am bringing work home with me and it is I guess stressing me out but not stressing me out (if that makes any sense).
ReplyDeleteI am still working on my psychological and spiritual growth. I am going to try to meditate again after I am done with this post. I practice the witnessing mind while I am at work and that helps me when I need to get something done. I can clear my mind and stay focused on the task that I have been given.
I still believe that I have an obligation to grow my spiritual and psychological health. If I am not going to do it, why try and get my patients to do it? I feel you should practice what you preach.
Today was another long stressful day at work. First thing this morning I woke up late, I arrived at work late, and my boss gives me this huge task to do. I get about half way done with it and my boss comes back and says that I have to redo it. Boy was I stressed. When I got home the kids were doing their usual I want to eat, I want a drink, I want....again was I stressed. Finally I was able to meditate and now I am stress free for the moment. Kids are in bed and I, too, am laying in bed.
ReplyDeleteMeditating after a long stressful day has helped me a lot. Not only did it teach me how to unwind but it also has taught me to look at things in a different way. I have been able to not be in a grumpy mood as often. I also think that it is helping with my insomnia (although I think that my medicine is whats causing the insomnia).
I am really glad that we have learned meditation as well as the witnessing mind practices. I still do those along with the meditation. I find it comforting to know that I can now take the bad in and replace it with good, not only for myself but for others as well.