Loving-Kindness/Mental Workout

My experience with the Loving-Kindness exercise was a little bit weird.  The first part made me feel really good inside and it allowed me to be in a very calm place.  I had a difficult time taking in the suffering of strangers.  I think this part was difficult because I am not really aware of any suffering going on with the strangers my loved ones are surrounded by.  I know this part was basically to assume any suffering they could be dealing with but it was hard for me to do this.  I wouldn’t necessary say I can recommend this entire exercise to others because I wasn’t comfortable with the entire exercise.  I would recommend certain parts of the exercise. 

The concept of “Mental Workout” is to open your mind.  Mental workouts help to open our minds to things deeper than what we see in front of us.  By doing mental workouts a person will be able to have a calm state of mind free of worry and stress.  It is important for everyone to practice mental workouts because this will help them to live a healthy a life.  Research studies and personal reports show that mental training can transform the mind by reducing disturbing emotions that cause anger, hatred, fear, worry, confusion, and doubt while enhancing positive emotions such as patience, loving-kindness, openness, acceptance, and happiness (Dacher, 2006).

Carletta MzOpulent

My Wellness: Physically, Spiritually, Psychologically

Physically, spiritually, and psychologically everyone is not rated on the same level.  My personal physical rating is at a 6 in my own opinion.  I chose this rating because I am medically overweight.  I do not feel as if I am at a drastic weight but medically I am.  This contributes to a lot of health issues I have and that will arise in the future if I do not get it under control.  If I look at my physical appearance only I would give myself a 8 because I think I am very attractive but I do have flaws that could be corrected.  My personal spiritual rating is at a 4 in my own opinion.  At one point in my life I would have given myself a rating of 6 because I was very into the spiritual side of things.  Now I have slacked a bit on getting to know myself spiritually and getting myself closer to God.  I do plan to change this but it has to be done in time.  My personal Psychological rating is at a 8 in my own opinion.  I feel as if I am very sane and nothing will change that.  Everyone has a little bit of craziness inside of them but some do not have it under control.  The key to staying at this level is less stress and meditation. 

My goal for my physical, spiritual, and psychological wellness is to maintain where I am at and gradually get better in all areas.  I can't really set a goal for these areas because I don't feel a limit can be put on these types of things.  I really want to focus on getting my spiritual well being at a better level so that I can be closer to God and be able to live a very good life. 

To move towards a better lifestyle that will improve my physical wellness, I am going to get more physically active so that I can lose weight and feel great.  Being more physically active will eliminate some of my health issues and make my life change for the better.  Spiritually I want to get into more meditation so that I can really get to know myself and my creator.  Psychologically I really do not feel there is anything I could do differently to improve this area of my life. 

The relaxation exercise associated with this unit for some reason didn't help me at all.  I am not sure if I was not focused enough but I didn't really understand it at all.  It had no affect on me. 

Reflective: Journey on Relaxation

I'm sitting here on my sofa with a stress headache and so many other things going on around me.  After listening to the journey on relaxation technique I notice my headache is gone.  This technique was so helpful and it gave me more energy to complete all the task I still have to finish tonight.  I never really paid attention to how just a little meditation can move the blood in your body.  In the beginning I really thought this was just something to that was not really going to work but I was so shocked when I could actually feel the warm blood in my hand and the heaviness of it.  This is a routine that I shall incorporate into my everyday life.  By doing this technique once a day it will give me more energy and make me feel less stressed. 

MzOpulent

Welcome to the World of Opulence

Hello and welcome to my world of opulence. 

 I hope you enjoy reading my blogs and will give me feedback to enhance this experience.  I am open to all types of criticism because I think this will help me to improve in all areas of my life.  I hope by reading my blogs you will get a better understanding of me and my world of opulence as I would like to get a better understanding of my readers. 

Welcome and enjoy,

MzOpulent