Loving Kindness
I guess that I am at least being consistent with my exercises. I felt like an idiot saying the lines over and over. Because of this I decided to work this from another angle and try something different. Instead of saying the lines over and over, I decided to think the lines or say them in my head. The main thing that I tried to achieve from the exercise was to achieve calmness (and lower my blood pressure from being irritated). After all, what good does it do to say something that you really don’t mean like wish others well when in your mind you are trying to figure out how to eliminate them without leaving any forensic evidence. It was like counting to ten before you speak to keep from saying something that you will regret. It did actually calm me a little.
Integral Assessment
I have two areas of my life that I decided that I need improvement. The two areas are biological (fitness) and worldly (an idea I came up with while meditating). Going back to last week’s blog, I had a “random” thought that I think important that I intend to follow up on and it’s a doozy. Even though we were to choose one, the two (and I am being secretive about it) are interrelated. While doing the meditation, I was actually able to formulate a plan of action and development from a single random thought while contemplating areas of my life that I need improvement. As far as my plan of action for improvement, like I said, “it’s a secret”. Part of the plan is a secret but as far as my physical improvement, I have developed a plan to increase exercise but still working on finding extra hours in the day and a deadline for my plan to turn into action.
Wow, I remember your first blog. There was definitely not so much trust in meditation then! Now you can actually form plans, get to the root of something during your meditation! I am impressed. You are a fast learner.
ReplyDeleteI am already working on my fitness, so that one fell away for me. Two months ago it would have been on my 'to improve' list. But that's what they mean with dynamism, I suppose. One month you have to focus on one thing, or more, and the other month it is something else, or somethings else. Panta rei,as the old Greeks said, everything moves!
Good luck with finding extra hours in the day Mack. If you figure out how to do that I would love to hear about it. My husband had me feeling guilty tonight because he was mopping, vacuuming, and cleaning the kitchen. I feel like I should be doing that, but have been so busy with school and work I only have time to fit in laundry, dishes, and all of the kids things. I have a hard time with feeling silly when I practice these exercises. I have to shut myself in the bedroom, because I'm pretty sure my husband would have some sort of comment about it. I can see why you chose two areas to work on as I had a hard time chosing which area to start with. I'm sure we could all use some work in all areas, and I know I can use more than a little in each of them. Good luck reaching your goals.
ReplyDeleteMack, I wish you luck on your secret journey to improvement. I don't like putting myself out there and certainly trying to post to people, I feel bad that I am looking into their life and they may not want me to, so I respect your secretiveness. =)
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with your loving kindness assessment. It was not for me speaking those particular sentences out loud. I also think I was just not in the right frame of mind to be practicing any new kind of meditation practice. :)
I figured my biggest area to work on would actually help fine tune other parts that may have needed work, but would work themselves out because things would fall into place more.