Love, Kindness and My Subtle Mind

The loving kindness exercise was trying to get us to fill our hearts with kindness and love. It wanted us to forgive our enemies and to let suffering dissolve in our hearts. This exercise taught us how to welcome our feelings and to change them into love and kindness. It showed me that if I can’t love myself than I can’t love anyone else and forgiveness is the best way to live a healthier life. I had a hard time concentration through this exercise because there was too much time between prompts so I found myself wondering in and out of thoughts that didn’t pertain to the exercise. The subtle mind exercise was another story, it kept my attention and I felt like I was being sucked into the screen by the hypnotic images on the screen. This exercise was to get you focused on stabilizing and keeping the mind still and focused on one thing. This did work for because I focused on the images while breathing and following the sounds of her voice. I will use this again when I need to focus and it will help me relax.  I think I will use the visual part of it with the loving kindness exercise to see if it helps me work through some of my issues.

Spiritual wellness involves possessing a set of guiding beliefs, principles, or values that help give direction to one's life. It encompasses a high level of faith, hope, and commitment to your individual beliefs that provide a sense of meaning and purpose. Physical wellness encompasses a variety of healthy behaviors such as exercising and eating healthy. Our mental wellness, or our minds, needs to be continually inspired and exercised just as our bodies do. People who possess a high level of intellectual wellness have an active mind and continue to learn.  Spiritual wellness, mental wellness and physical wellness all go hand in hand and without one it’s hard to have the other. When a person has all three then they can achieve true happiness, wellness and wholeness. I do have many beliefs in my life and I have some issues with physical wellness, but my mental wellness falls very short of where it needs to be. With continued therapy and growth, I can one day live to be happy, whole, and well.

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