Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Unit 4: Loving Kindness Exercise
After the day I had at work, I felt I was in the vortex of negativity. This exercise was much needed! A colleague really irritated me today and for some reason I could not release my negative feelings towards him as easily as I have been able to in the past. The guided practice providing me with focal points for my energy through the breathe helped allot. Especially, when she asked that I send loving kindness to someone I consider an enemy. Wow! Can you say 'hit the head of the nail'? I pictured him, released the ill will I was feeling, and was in a much better place with how my day was progressing once the exercise was done. This is yet, another exercise I will recommend to my girlfriend.
To me the concept of 'mental workout' means you actively train your mind to exist in a positive state and be open to giving and receiving positivity to your every intention. This is not something that can be achieved overnight. It takes time and is something that must be practiced on a continual basis in order to reap its' benefits.
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Rough day, sorry to hear that but I can truly relate. Although between my husband and my kid I had a hard time getting started on the meditation, going to Home Depot to buy a lock for my office door or learn to start my homework on Monday instead of waiting until the last minute! Lol
ReplyDeleteI’m struggling to get past reacting before I think but this is something that I need to learn to do. I’m realizing that it’s psychological immaturity and not being passionate.
I pictured a co-worker that I am not particularly fond of in my exercise too. I’m hoping that if I continue to do the meditation I can work myself to a place where her immaturity stops me off the deep end.
Hope the rest of the week is better!
P.S. lover that ocean shot. Oh how I miss the beach!
Terri, Thanks for comments. It's unfortunate that every job has "that" people who just pushes peoples buttons.
DeleteOAN...I go to the beach every chance I get. But,at least you have Papadeaux Seafood Restaurant in Texas. I crave their sauteed crab claws. LOl
Did you find that with the wave music in the background it was actually hard to concentrate on what was being said and you almost wanted to jsut go to sleep and not even bother listening to the rest? I was sitting on my couch and decided to lay back and becaue I can fall asleep to the sound of water in a very short amount of time, I was deffinitly starting to get sleepy!
ReplyDeleteJohn, the waves were very relaxing and I have to admit I did take a short nap afterwards. But, that seems to be my pattern after all the exercises except Unit 3, because I was perplexed that it had nothing to do with the title. Lol
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Stephen I enjoy reading your postings. You seem like you are very comfortable with who you are, very in tune with your needs and wants. This particular exercise was easy for me in the beginning and a little tougher towards the end. I thoroughly enjoy the sound of the ocean and had no trouble letting go of mind chatter however the forgiving or letting go of someone else was not so easy. I did not have any ill feeling toward someone at that time. I guess over the years I have learned to turn off those ill feelings and not carry them with me. Now don't get me wrong, I do have ill feelings at times, but they seem to only appear when my hormone levels are out of whack, blame it on the female anatomy. Maybe I am further along on this learning experience that I had given myself credit for. Time will tell.
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