1. Compare and contrast the Loving Kindness exercise and the Subtle mind exercise. Explain your experience including the benefits, frustrations etc.
The Kindness exercise at I pointed out last week was a little frustrating the first time but with practice became a little easier each time. The Subtle mind exercise I absolutely love and came quite easy for me to grasp the concept of the witnessing mind. The exercise is very relaxing. I am just looking forward to what will be ahead with more practice and experience of exploring the true ability of a calm abiding mind and unity consciousness.
2. Discuss the connection of the spiritual wellness to mental and physical wellness. Explain how the connection is manifested in your personal life.
Spiritual wellness calms the mind which in turn reduces stress. Stress can cause the physical body harm effecting blood pressure, sleep deprivations, headaches and fatigue. This is just one way that the mind, the body, and the spirit is connected in wellness.
Brian,
ReplyDeleteI am glad you had a good experience with this exercise. Mine was not so great!! I have not been practicing any of this because my week has been so busy, but I realized that I could have really put it to good use in the environment I was in over the weekend.
I often have a hard time finding the time to really practice all of the exercises, but I know that when I have done them I have felt better. Like you, this exercise was pretty easy for me. It was more like taking a minute to pray rather than 15-30 minutes to seriously meditate. My mental "chatter" is pretty insistent most of the time, but I have had some luck taming it. lol
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