Hello all.
As I have posted in my last couple of posts I do not enjoy listening to the calming audio tracks we are asked to listen to. However, I did perform the Loving Kindness exercise right after I finished reading chapter 6. I began by thinking of someone I love very much and once I began to feel the same way I do when that person is near me I started to send that feeling to the different parts of my body. I will admit it is difficult to remain engaged. However, I did my best and was able to complete 10 minutes of this type of meditation. When I was done I felt as if I was at ease and like there were no worries in the world. I think everyone should at least attempt to try to feel what this type of meditation offers. It is very difficult due to the fact that the mind wanders every second of the way. However, I am sure with practice it will get easier.
Dacher (2006) summed it up best when saying "we cannot earn a Ph.D. in physics without a daily commitment to study nor can an athlete attain an Olympian level of fitness without daily exercise" (p. 64). In order to develop your mind it takes the same amount of training it would take to develop anything else. Just one hour a day will add up and before long we will be on the road to health, happiness, and wholeness (Dacher, 2006). In fact, there is no other way to develop our spiritual selves without first developing our metal. Some of the way we can do this is by meditation. One way is exercising the Loving Kindness exercise and another is by exercising the Subtle Mind exercise. Both of these will allow us to enter a more integral form of well-being and will help of clear any mental roadblocks hindering us from developing our spiritual nature.
References
Dacher, E.S. (2006). Integral health: the path to human flourishing. Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health Publications, Inc.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
Overall Well-Being.
I am not sure anyone can truly confess to being a perfect ten on the well-being scale. I would say for the most part my physically well-being is maybe an 8.5 (there is always room for improvement). However, my mental and spirit well-being may be a different story. Mentally, I tend to worry a lot, and because of that I get stressed, and like Twain said "I've seen many troubles in my time, only half of which ever came true." Because of my propensity to worry I would say my mental well-being is at a 7. I will say this: I am able to make myself happy whenever I want. As for my spiritual well-being, that is very difficult for me to say. I do not exactly know what spiritual well-being encompasses. If we are talking about spirit in a religious sense, then I am totally lost. However, if we are talking about spirit in the sense of someone being in high spirits, then I would have to give my spiritual well-being an 8. I say this because I believe I am an all around life lover. By that I mean I enjoy life to the fullest and never have an inherent negative demeanor.
Some goals I can try to help me become more healthy in these three areas would be trying new exercises in the gym, working harder on body parts that I tend to slack on, trying to eliminate the mental obstacles that keep me from inner-peace, and trying to keep the company of people who are in an overall better place both mentally and spiritually.Besides that I need to want to accomplish these goals. So, with that being said, I must become the change in the world I want to see.
After listening to the relaxation audio, Crime of the century, I felt anxious. I don't know if it's me or what, but everytime I listen to one of these tracks I feel like I am wasting my time. I feel like there are a million other things I would rather be doing with my time. I never like the slow, monotone voice of the speaker, and the background music is always kind of creepy. The voice of the narrator itself makes me feel sleepy and annoyed. In fact, the entire audio segment feels fake to me. Perhaps it is due to the fact that I listened to it while at work and in a less than relaxed mood. I found none of what the narrator said to be beneficial. Like I have said in previous posts I believe the best way to relax is to lay down in silence.
Some goals I can try to help me become more healthy in these three areas would be trying new exercises in the gym, working harder on body parts that I tend to slack on, trying to eliminate the mental obstacles that keep me from inner-peace, and trying to keep the company of people who are in an overall better place both mentally and spiritually.Besides that I need to want to accomplish these goals. So, with that being said, I must become the change in the world I want to see.
After listening to the relaxation audio, Crime of the century, I felt anxious. I don't know if it's me or what, but everytime I listen to one of these tracks I feel like I am wasting my time. I feel like there are a million other things I would rather be doing with my time. I never like the slow, monotone voice of the speaker, and the background music is always kind of creepy. The voice of the narrator itself makes me feel sleepy and annoyed. In fact, the entire audio segment feels fake to me. Perhaps it is due to the fact that I listened to it while at work and in a less than relaxed mood. I found none of what the narrator said to be beneficial. Like I have said in previous posts I believe the best way to relax is to lay down in silence.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Welcome
Greetings all.
I would like to begin with my welcome statement, and after some thought I have decided that my welcome statement will be "Namaste". Namaste everyone. The word comes from India and is a common salutation. The literal transaltion for this word is "I bow to you". So, I bow to everyone visiting my blog.
I must admit I am still a little uncomfortable with this new territory. To me it feels too much like a diary, and I never liked diaries. In fact, this diary is not in a book with a nifty lock on it, this one is out in cyberspace for the entire world to see. I am just glad this is something for school, because if it wasn't I would never be able to continue.
I just finished listening to the relaxation exercise. I must say the man's voice is very relaxing. However, after listening to him for about 5 minutes I totally lost interest. It all began to sound like noise. The only thing that got me through the entire audio was the background noise. It kind of reminded me of an old 1980s late night Cinemax film. You know one of those very weird class B movies. I usually do not need to do this much in order to relax. I usually like to daydream to relax when I am not at home. While at home all I need to do in order to relax is lay down in my bed. So relaxed, in fact, that I fall asleep. I will say this, after the relaxation audio I was less than energized, I was more so relieved that it was over.
I would like to begin with my welcome statement, and after some thought I have decided that my welcome statement will be "Namaste". Namaste everyone. The word comes from India and is a common salutation. The literal transaltion for this word is "I bow to you". So, I bow to everyone visiting my blog.
I must admit I am still a little uncomfortable with this new territory. To me it feels too much like a diary, and I never liked diaries. In fact, this diary is not in a book with a nifty lock on it, this one is out in cyberspace for the entire world to see. I am just glad this is something for school, because if it wasn't I would never be able to continue.
I just finished listening to the relaxation exercise. I must say the man's voice is very relaxing. However, after listening to him for about 5 minutes I totally lost interest. It all began to sound like noise. The only thing that got me through the entire audio was the background noise. It kind of reminded me of an old 1980s late night Cinemax film. You know one of those very weird class B movies. I usually do not need to do this much in order to relax. I usually like to daydream to relax when I am not at home. While at home all I need to do in order to relax is lay down in my bed. So relaxed, in fact, that I fall asleep. I will say this, after the relaxation audio I was less than energized, I was more so relieved that it was over.
Saturday, August 4, 2012
School Blog
Never ventured into the realm of blogs before. In fact, I am doing this strictly as a school assignment. As for the present moment I am not sure I will ever use this blog again after this course, however things are always subject to change. This feels very similar to a journal or a diary; I am not very fond of either. I wonder what a sufficient word count is for a blog entry. Well today I took my younger brother and my son to play basketball. It was extremely hot outside, but that didn't seem to bother them. We play 3 games and I decided to let them win the first two. I am trying to build their self-esteem through positive affection and feedback. I believe it worked, due to the fact that my son asked me after the games if I thought he improved. Of course my answer was yes. Afterwards I took the both of them to get a haircut. I am now home in the air conditioned environment that is my bedroom. I believe I have written enough and I will now end this post.
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