1. Compare and
contrast the Loving Kindness exercise and the Subtle mind exercise. Explain
your experience including the benefits, frustrations etc.
In contrast to last week, I found the subtle mind exercise
to be not as helpful as the loving kindness exercise. Unlike the Loving Kindness
exercise where there was more guidance from the speaker throughout, I found
this exercise to have rather long wait times in between speaking. I guess, I would of preferred to have more
guidance between each of the level, as I did not find it easy to focus my mind
for that amount of time, so much so that I wanted to speed up the recording to
get to the next speaking part. I even found myself forgetting what level I was
on given the long intermission between each level of the psychospiritual
flourishing method. With practice I am sure my untrained mind would perhaps be better
and not so anxious but as is I would have preferred to listen to the loving
kindness exercise over this one or perhaps a cd of just some relaxation music.
2.Discuss the
connection of the spiritual wellness to mental and physical wellness. Explain
how the connection is manifested in your personal life.
Progressing through the subtle mind three levels of the psychospiritual flourish: witnessing
consciousness, to mind of calm-abiding, to the unity consciousness. Since I have
started this class, I have found myself taking many breaks throughout my day to
just breath to tame and stabilize my mind more, especially at work as the
pressure of work tends to be stressful for me. I know this is going to sound silly, but I tend to get really sad when I see dead animals on the roadways, so much so that I have incorporated from the loving-kindness exercise breathing in the pains and sufferings of these deceased critters and breathed out wellness and good-will.
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