Friday, April 22, 2011

Unit 5 Project for Blog - Answering required questions

Question 1:
In answering questions for the blog project, I am to compare and contrast the Loving Kindness exercise and the Subtle Mind exercise based on my experience.  After listening to the Subtle Mind exercise, I do not like the Loving Kindness exercise so much because there is too much talking and directing where our mind are supposed to go.  That is the frustration part of Loving Kindness. 
The benefits in Subtle Mind exercise: I love this exercise because it starts you out with using your breath as the focal point.  There is not much talking, just sounds of the water moving and yourself.  This exercise is based solely on you learning how to control your focal point, first being on your breathing, then controlling where the mind goes, bringing it back to the focal point if it wonders too much on other things (the chatter), focusing on the calming and relaxation of your whole self, ultimately reaching the mind, thoughts, visions, chattering, breathing, heart beat, etc. all being one unit.  This is awesome!  Although, I did not reach the whole unity yet, but with practice, this will be possible. 
This exercise, I feel, allows me to be in control and learning/teaching myself how to focus, breath, relax, work through my own feeling coming in and out of my mind, realizing they are non-important, they do not have to be a part of who I am, and letting go of them, eventually being able to reach the whole body/mind calmness.  I like this one much better and will use this one to meditate with.

Question 2:
I am to discuss the connection of the spiritual wellness to mental and physical wellness.
My answer is the same it has been since class started......it is all one unit.  If one part of these three joined aspects is detached or off balance, the rest will be affected.  If our spiritual self is stressed, ridden with hate and anger, distress, etc......................................, the mental and physical sense will sense the stress and be manifested in temporary illnesses and/or symptoms.  It is all one unit, as we have been learning throughout semester. 
Next, I am to explain how the connection is manifested in my personal life.  Is there a right and wrong answer to this question?
I am going to answer this question as, the connection is manifested in my life by the way that I act and carry myself.  It is manifested with what I find very interesting in life, and that is getting down to why our bodies act the way they do, why the health issues arise, and how do we change the effects.  When I find my body having certain health issues, I investigate why it is happening, what is really affecting me spiritually, ponder on it, meditate, exercise, thing some more, and get the answer, finally changing how I react to things.  I guess this is the best answer I can give.  I would love to be able to say something profound here, this is my final answer.  I could phone a friend, but would rather settle on my own thoughts as the final answer!!!
Thank you to all for participating in this class with me and on my blogs, sharing your stories and experiences giving a different aspect of looking at things.  I feel we all learn from each other and will take all to make a better place for us to live in!  Better understanding of the self, body, mind, spirit.  I thoroughly enjoy this class, very informative and enlightening.  I have realized much about myself and excited to learn more.  Yvette

3 comments:

  1. I enjoyed reading your post! I think we have some very similar feelings regarding the exercise. I liked this exercise better because of less talking as well! I actually dosed off a few times throughout the process because I was so relaxed. I agree this was awesome and if practiced more often, I would also become more focused on the entire process.

    It is really good that you are able to realize you have something going on with your body and you can get focused on your spirituality. I think that is something we all need to learn to investigate to keep balance. The idea of this wholeness it that total balance.

    Great job!

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  2. I too love this exercise way more than "The loving Kindness" exercise. I agree with you that in the loving kindness exercise and even the other exercise before that there were too much talking and directions on what to do. With this Exercise I found it to be much easier and I felt more in control with just using the breathing technique to eliminate distracting thoughts and visual. I couldn't agree more with you. Love your post, very relatable!

    Jade

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  3. Hi Yvette, I'm glad you enjoyed the Subtle Mind exercise. After reading your blog and some others it looks like I really need to pratice this one more often because I had a hard time clearing the chatter in my mind when I did it. I liked the Loving Kindness exercise because I could focus on my thoughts and not have to clear my mind. : ) But that's easy, the hard part is clearing the mind. I enjoy reading your blog, I can learn a lot from you. : )

    ~Monica

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