Loving-Kindness
I really enjoyed l listening to the loving-kindness exercise. My experience was a mixture of emotions. At first I felt compassion and love because I thought about my mother who is my role model. Then, I felt sadness mixed with a little loneliness when I thought about my dad who passed away when I was 23; I adored and loved him so much. While focusing on strangers it was not difficult for me to feel warm and compassionate. I don't like to think of myself as having any enemies but found it somewhat difficult to have any good thoughts or feelings compassion toward someone who used to work with me who was an evil person. However, I did find it in my heart to feel neutral toward this person.
The concept of “mental workout” is to gain knowledge that directly impacts our body, mind and spirit. Also, by using mental workouts is to sustain success on the road to health, happiness and wholeness. The proven benefits are that our mind is calmer which makes it easier for contemplative practice. Also, loving-kindness will come natural and the ability to still the mind helps develop a witness consciousness toward a calm-abiding-mind. Achieving wisdom, peace, compassion, happiness and wholeness enabling an extraordinary level of insight and understanding is the ultimate goal.
Mental workouts to foster my psychological health would be changing negative focus to positive focus. Continue to think good thoughts about myself. Then I could write a note to someone closest to me letting them know how much I appreciate them. Then I would to a good deed for someone who I am not that close to and to all living beings
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