With the comparison of both exercises, I still found them to be not helpful with my mind submissions. I felt the instructions from the people talking not only threw me of course, because I seem to focus on directions rather than following them. I still did like the sounds of the wilderness and the ocean and would probably do better with only the sounds rather than people talking through an exercise. The differences between them was to only focus on one thing with The Subtle mind exercise rather than to put focuses on multiple things from the loving-kindness exercise.
The spiritual connection inter-twines all aspects of all integral health aspects are established. If you only have one of these pieces, it is like a broken piece of the puzzle to the completion of learning the health and wellness amongst yourself. Even though I think of myself is not a spiritual person, but I guess I am. I do exercises without even knowing it, because I am not instructed to. People call me very calm and patient in situations that would put people over the edge of a meltdown. I believe in my personal life, having little to no control to what is happening around me has made me this way. As I have said many times and will say it again "Everything happens for a reason, and what you do with that experience can be so beneficial to your soul"
Have a great week anyone!
Donna
Hi Donna, I really enjoy reading everyone's experiences with the exercises and realizing how different they can all be for each of us. While I must say I am not a huge fan of these guided meditations specifically, I generally do like following the instruction of someone else as it helps me to focus on what I should be doing. Also in contrast to you, I found the background noise in these recordings to be distracting and take away from my experience. The wonderful thing about this assignment is that even though we have very different responses and experiences...there is no wrong! I look forward to seeing what we get into next :)
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ReplyDeleteI found this one to be easier because there wasn't as much talking as with the other ones and there was just me to focus on which made it easier for me. You could probably get the jist of this and do it easily on your own. I agree with you that there are many pieces of the puzzle that is our life and who we are and when one isn't fitting it will throw the who thing out of wack. When things happen that we don't understand and can't wrap our heads around why we just need to figure out how we can get through it and come out a stronger person for the experience. There is something to be learned from everything good and bad that happens to us. Nice job Donna
Heidi
I have had that happen before also, you end up not focusing on your breathing and then give up. I have to have a really quiet spot to meditate, sometimes I can use voice instructions and sometimes I cant. Just depends on the day. Love your saying, everything happens for a reason!
ReplyDeleteAngela, I agree. Although I had an easier time with the Subtle Mind exercise compared to the Loving Kindness one, it is hard to stay focused on your breathing. I found my mind wanting to go over my To-Do list, instead of staying focused.
DeleteI feel absolutely the same way! I dislike feeling like I'm being told what to do. I prefer music to relax to rather than guided meditation. Your description of how calm you are in stressful situations is something I share in common. Often times I find it backfires; people assume I lack compassion or feelings.
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