Loving-Kindness Practice

This time my experience was totally different.  I was not impatient or agitated with the time it took to get through the exercise.  I learned how to answer other classmates blogs! lol   I found it beneficial because I found myself at inner peace, not hurried, and wanting this to work.  I would recommend this to others that would except it.  Others maybe not because they are in a hurried state, Type A personality.  Although Type A personality could benefit from this because it could slow them down and feel the inner peace and the stillness.

Mental workout is as a physical workout, you will not see results unless you persevere. It is mind exercises for inner peace and loving-kindness toward others. With consistency you will become a winner in opening your heart, mind and spirit toward others.  This exercise helps you first, then you can project it toward others.  It calms the mind, gives you wisdom, and puts you in a contemplative state.  Loving-kindness and wisdom heals the inner person and guides you toward human flourishing.  (Dacher, 2006, p.65)
Implementation of  mental workouts takes practice daily of at least 5 to fifteen minutes twice a day for a week, and try to make it around the same time each day.  Once this becomes second nature, you can increase it to more time and practice it as part of your meditation.  Make sure you have a private comfortable place, which is difficult in my home, unless it is the bathroom. lol   If you practice meditation you will have no problem practicing the loving-kindness procedure.  (Dacher, 2006)

By implementing this practice it will foster your mind, body and spirit, and train the mind for stillness and silence.  Once you have accomplished this you can accomplish love to others, become less stressed, and not be self-centered.  (Dacher, 2006)

I really enjoyed the exercise this time and it helped me to think more clearly.
I hope it was enjoyable and helpful to you as well.

Retta

Dacher, E. S. (2006). Integral health: the path to human flourishing. Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health Publications, Inc

Unit 3 - Learn Space

A.       Physical Well-being

I rate it a 6 because I sit for five (5) hours a days at work and sit countless hours in front of a laptop for schoolwork like now. 

B.      Spiritual well-being

I rate that an eight (8) because I am not at the top, if I were I would have no room to improve and I would be with God.  I do need to read my Bible more and meditate more for mental state. I am a little behind in my reading because, lack of concentration.

C.      Psychological well-being

I rate that a four (four) right now because I am going crazy trying to get this blog to post. I have changed address and typed all my info on it and it did not save it.  I hit save and it just went away.  I had to get another laptop because my other won was stolen and I am having a time getting use to it.  I bought a used one until I can buy a new Sony.  I have a Dell now.  This time I am typing it in Word and saving it to post to my blog. 

GOALS

I plan to exercise in the morning before work when I get a new Nintendo WII, it was stolen also, and my DVD walk CD does not work because they damaged my DVD player.  So I have to fill out claim forms and wait for them to pro-rate and pay me for them before I can replace them.

For improved spiritual well-being I will meditate before I get out of bed and in the evening before bed to become more relaxed so I can sleep better.  I do depend on God to protect me, just traumatized right now.

Psychological well-being-I will learn to not blame myself or others for what happened and learn to love myself.  After reading loving kindness, I realized I cannot love others if I do not love myself totally.  I also learned you must have some silence and quiet time, which takes training the mind.  (Dacher, 2006)   Dacher, E. S. (2006). Integral health: the path to human flourishing.

Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health Publications, Inc.

The relaxation exercise was frustrating for me today, because of the blog posting.  I posted all my info and lost all my info.  Whew!  Well I am giving it a try again.  I made a new blog address and it was acting crazy.  I think I am paranoid with this thing.  I have never blogged before and I thought I was computer literate, but my bubble was busted.

Happy Blogging everyone! 

Retta