The first exercise I did of course the loving kindness
exercise. When the text says to envision someone you have a close connection with,
or that important individual I always choose my grandmother. She passed away in
July of 2010. I always even as a child admired her selflessness and her
capacity to love no matter what the circumstance. Even when she was ill, it was
made know her outstanding love for my sisters and I. When I close my eyes and
drifted into this exercise I felt and overwhelming sense of joy and love flow
all through my body. I even felt tears when I truly felt nothing else. It
helped me get through my long and extremely hectic weekend of work with a
continual smile on my face. With opening
my heart and mind to all things I really truly was successful and never felt
the weight of the world on my shoulders which I do often. The weekends are the hardest for me, long
work hours, very little family time, and very limited time to get school work
done, but after this exercise I really felt an overwhelming greatness and this
weekend went off relatively unscathed.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Unit 6 Loving Kindness and Integral Assessment
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Hi Sara,
ReplyDeleteI loved your post. I was curious if you are still waitressing? Working weekends is hard especially if your child(ren) go to school. I was glad to read that your weekend went better after the loving kindness activity.
I too need help with my psychospiritual health because at times I have a hard time with the constant chatter in my head. Are there other activities you have been able to complete in this area besides getting your husband to participate (good job by the way)?
Have a great week, Candii
Hi Sara,
ReplyDeleteYou couldn't have chosen a better person than your grandmother to focus on. Grandmothers hold such a special place in our hearts. My grandmother passed away when I was 12 (31) years ago. I still miss her so much and think about her often. She left such an impact on my life. I'd never known such a selfless person.
I also need work on my psychospiritual health. It is sadly in very poor shape. I need to work on forgiveness of people who have caused me severe physical and mental abuse. I am holding in so much pain sometimes I feel like exploding. I will always have the physical scars, but it is my own fault I still have the mental ones. I need to forgive for my own wellbeing. My living with all of this hate isn't hurting anyone, but me. It's time for me to let go, if I ever want to feel like a whole person again.
Lanie :)
Hi Sarah, I think it is easy to easy to envision an individual that we have had a closeness in the past or in the present. I am glad that you still feel such a connection with your Grandma with has been gone for a few years now. I think many of us need to practice the loving kindness exercise on a regular basis to realize what is important in this all to demanding world. You sound pretty rounded in your assessment on where you are right now and what you possibly need to work on. I like the idea of doing the intimacy practice with your husband on Valentine's Day. I wish this is something I could do with him but we have awhile before I would feel comfortable doing this with him because we are trying to save our marriage and it has been hard to share our feelings for along time. But in the future this would be a exercise I would like to try and I think it may even bring us closer together. Good Post! Have a great week! And keep up the good work! ~Kat~
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