Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Unit 8: Optimal Well-being
Review the exercises and practice sessions you have completed in this course. (Loving Kindness, Subtle mind, Visualization, meditation etc.) Choose two practices that you have determined to be most beneficial. How can you implement these practices in your personal life to foster “mental fitness”? Provide specific examples.
The two practices that have worked best for me has been the Loving Kindness practice and the Visualization. It seems we are inundated with images of suffering on a daily basis. I am unable to actively or immediately improve circumstances. Even in matters concerning those I personally know, I often feel helpless and unable to affect change. The Loving Kindness practice allows me to acknowledge this suffering and to feel some effectiveness. I am still in the infant stages of flourishing and achieving wholeness. I encounter frustrations, shortfalls, and feelings of loneliness. Visualization brings me back to a place of happiness and peace. I feel centered and able to view my emotions and circumstanced with a witnessing mind, rather than an active mind.
Laura
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Laura,
ReplyDeleteI am glad to see that you have learned how to apply these practices to your everyday life. You have demonstrated the positive results you have seen in your daily activities and show an understanding of the journey you are undertaking. Although you are still in the infant stages of development you have the ability to look beyond and see the reward of human flourishing on the horizon. I wish you well on your journey to integral health and human flourishing and remember to never lose sight of your goals, continue to practice the mental exercises, and enjoy life to the fullest.
Ed Busche