Unit 8 Post

I have really enjoyed learning and utilizing these different techniques on my path to human flourishing. I really enjoyed the loving-kindness and the visualization exercises best. I have recently gone through an experience where I had to undergo a breast biospy. I am a mommography technologist by trade and so I know the ramifications of the whole "breast cancer" thing. I had to go through this process as a patient versus a technologist. Keeping an open mindset, utilizing some of the exercises we've learned helped me tremendously. I, in general am a positive person. I chose to not let the possible negative outcome consume me, but I also knew that the outcome could be malignancy. The exercises we've learned allowed me to place myself in mindset of health and wholeness no matter what the outcome was. Happy to say however, I was notified of my NEGATIVE results on yesterday!

Unit 6 Meditation

The Loving-kindness meditation was pretty good. I was able relax while doing it, but i found I forgot the sentences I needed to repeat and keept haviong to look them up. Even still, continually repeating the sentences almost seemed subliminal. I truly believed I have achieved health happiness, and wholeness and am able to assist others in achieving the same. Positive thoughts and affirmations truly work as fara as I'm concerned.

Unit 5 Blog- The Subtle Mind

This meditation exercise, unlike last week was a little more difficult to get into. I did enjoy the breathing part of it, because it did help me to relax but I found I was not able to keep my thoughts from drifting all over the place. It has been a rough week for me and I have a lot going on with my family so perhaps this is one of the reasons for my lack of focus. I was able to get back in focus once i continued to focus on my breathing, it just never lasted very long and I continually had to remind myself to focus on my breathing. After a time it became frustrating. I think I will try it again tomorrow. Or maybe I will go back to the loving-kindness meditation, which I really enjoyed and just work my way back up to the subtle mind exercise.
When you think about it, these all go hand and hand at some point. Mastering one will help to put you in the right mindset to do the next.

Unit 4 Post: Loving-Kindness

I really liked this exercise. It kind of is the same concept as the others' only on a different subject. The key to these exercises to me is to have an open mind. I will say there was a statement made by the woman when she said "if you don't love yourself, how can you expect to love others?". Wow. As simple as that statement is, it seems to be so hard to do. Either that or the total opposite, you spend so much of your time loving others that you don't have time to truly love yourself. I liked this one A LOT!!! I have a few friends that I observe going through things, including fighting amongst each other and holding on to bitterness and past issues. They seem to let negativity and despair consume them. They live in it. To the point that they don't know any other way to live. NO WAY!!! I cannot do it, so I find myself distancing myself from them. They are really great people that I love dearly, and circumstances brought them to the place where they currently dwell so I think something like this can truly be an asset to them. Some are so deep in their despair that it will not be difficult to get them to at least listen. So though I don't know exactly  how I'm going to do it, this exercise will be utilized with them. I hope it will be soon so that I can let you all know how it worked.