So we had to listen to this loving kindness audio clip for
class this week. I find this mostly boring, I can understand what the idea they
hope to benefit but truly it just makes me tired. That was the most difficult
part of this staying awake while listening to this recording drone on about how
you should open your heart and have more feelings of love and kindness. Isn’t
that what humanity is all about anyway having compassion and love for each
other regardless of what they have done or who they are. So why do I need an
audio recording telling me this? I really couldn’t recommend this to someone
else but maybe that’s because I am not far enough along the 4 steps of Psychospiritual
flourishing.
“Mental Workout” is addressed by Dr. Dacher through a
metaphor that we must train our minds like an Olympian trains their body. To
achieve more than simply resting and relaxation we must focus on a more contemplative
ideology of mental workouts. Dr. Dacher talks of two different approaches in
this chapter, one loving kindness and two the subtle minds, he states “contemplative
practice is not rest and relaxation but rather the progressive development of
an expanded consciousness and its healing capacities (pg65). I understand know
why I was bored and overwhelmed my first time though these exercises it takes
time and practice much like that of an Olympian working out every day. Implementing
these mental workouts three times a week for an hour each day and journaling to
see the progression can make a huge impact on my life.
Corban
EVERYTHING MEANINGFUL IN LIFE IS ACHIEVED THROUGH EFFORT,
DISCIPLINE, AND PERSEVERANCE.
- Dr.
Dacher
Reference:
Dacher, E. S. (2006). Integral health: The path to human
flourishing. Laguna Beach: Basic Health Publications Inc.
