Dear Friends,
I would have to say that I enjoyed the Subtle mind exercise more than the Loving Kindness. I didn't realize that I was supposed to be doing the LK every day. It made me wonder if it would make more sense if I did. Parts of it, like breathing in their pain, would be hard to do every day. Perhaps I would get a better feel for how it could help others and me, I don't know. The Subtle mind exercise was good (except that my son kept asking me questions off and on). It was wonderful to focus on breathing in and out and stand back to watch my thoughts pass through but not latch on to them. It was like I was floating on a cloud watching the pictures float by and I didn't have to even touch them. Sometimes I feel like I am going to drown from all the thoughts that race through my head, too many of them. This is something that I would like to practice more and see if my body responds to the calmness of my mind.
We have been learning that every part of us is important and effects the other parts. Our spiritual is connected to our physical and they are connected to emotional. I come from a rather conservative religious background, although I am learning where that conservatism has almost replaced God and cast out perfect love. I have experienced a purified love of Jesus in the last year that I had only read about. Every class I have taken has refined my understanding of what love should look like and even though we are going though something terrible we do not have to let anger and hate penetrate our psychosocial heart. In doing so we retain health for ourselves and those around us. One of our readings referred to Judeo-Christian beliefs but I prefer to specify the person of Jesus, who I believe was the embodiment of perfect love. Christina
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