I had declared my frustrations with the first exercise and to some degree the second. for this exercise, I made a decision to put all my efforts into it. It is just amazing how it is possible to focus on someone who has tremendous influence on me and then get to feel the same character and the 'goodness' of the person permeating our inner being. It is therefore true that we can be able to train our minds to dwell on the loving-kindness, subtle mind and the wisdom that can help us maintain a level head in a world full of negativity, turmoil and full of bad news.
By being able to workout our minds in the form of contemplative thinking and also through the deliberate efforts of doing the exercises that will strengthen our minds to beat off all these negative aspects of our minds. Just like we cannot attain physical health by just seating around and eating anything we want to, we cannot workout out minds whole at the same time taking in all the junk around us into our minds. I now believe that the west has neglected this aspect and we have been taught to believe that medicines can take care of all our ailments. I am hopeful that we can be able to make the necessary changes in our own lives and at the same time try to do the same in our individual careers.
I think you made an interesting point in your blog about standard western concepts. I agree that most physicians and people are focused on fixing problems through medications. I think we all need to make the shift towards more holistic and inward ways of healing before turning towards medications. The power of these exercises as well as the mental workouts can really help to recenter and focus on what is important, and lose the negative and destructive thoughts that can bring you down
ReplyDeleteHello David,
ReplyDeleteI agree that the only way to reach contemplative thinking is to exercise our minds. It is so much more then just relaxing the mind. It's being able to truly focus on quieting the noise in our minds and feeling the precious gift to life that we our and sharing that with the energy around us.
I hope that you can continue to practice this, fully reaching flourishing health of mind body and soul.
Hi David,
ReplyDeleteI am happy to hear this week that you were able to focus and work on training your mind. It is so easy to react to the negativity around us but we do need to set our minds to focus on the positive as well as react with our conscious mind and not default to our human pilot mode, the unconscious mind.
Jacqui
I am inclined to agree with you with the mind workout. A healthy mind can help us in the long run. Our minds are so powerful and influential so it only makes sense we keep them healthy and properly exercised :).
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