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Loving Kindness Exercise
I did not like the Loving Kindness
exercise. It was difficult because there was too much time in between each
instruction which made it hard to stay focused and the terminology loving
kindness was a little vague. Maybe you guys can help me out with this…How would
you really send someone loving kindness??? I also really did not like the idea of “breathing
in” other people’s suffering. That’s just a little too weird for me. With that being said I would not recommend
this exercise to others, unless I get a call from my husband telling me that he
felt like I was sending him “loving kindness” telepathically while he was at
work today J
That would be amazing and then I would probably recommend
that those around me should try the exercise.
Mental Work Out
The concept of “mental workout” is referring
to intentionally accessing our psychospritual life by testing its capacities
and resources. This is taking meditation a step further. It is not just deep
breathing relaxation; it is intentionally exploring our inner self through
guided practices such as “Loving Kindness.” It is called a mental workout because it is a
workout for the mind, like exercise is a work out for the body. If we want to
develop our minds we must regularly work on expanding them through guided
practices until we can reach that place on our own. I can implement mental
workouts to foster my psychological health through meditation and prayer.
I can’t wait to read what you guys thought of this
exercise!!
Have a great week!!
-Rachel Harris
Hi Rachel,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about the Loving Kindness playing too! I did not like it and it was not appealing to me, and yeah I thought too that there where to many pauses through out the exercise. I thought you did a great job on your take of the mental work out. It was very informative and good job on it!
Thank you
Heather C