Loving and Kindness

When doing the Loving kindness exercise I noticed that tried to meditate but that is so hard to do, so I just focused on things that make me happy in life.  Which, family friends and healthy.  To me those are the three ingredients in your life that you need to keep it going.  I rested in a comfortable, quiet spot and began to focus on my life and the things that make me happy.  If any of my family or friends are going through hard times and give them praise.  And pray for things to become better for them.  I tried to continue this for at least an hour, but it was hard because my mind did start wanderign on what I was going to do this weekend and the rest of the week.    With the Integral Assesment that was discussed in Chapter 11, I decided to focus on obesity problem that we have in our Nation.  I have always worried about this problem especially when it effects are children. Society has a big effect on this because of the pressures that people go through on a day to day basis.  I pray for children and their parents everyday that are effected by this deadly disease called obesity.  Some of the loving kindness exercises is meditation and thinking positive.  Thinking positive has always been a big part of my life because I believe that thinking positive brings positive things into your life.  Laws of Attraction.

Love my family

Listening to this exercise it made me think about my family alot, and how everything I do is always for them.  This time I didn't fal asleep listening to it because I actaully wasn't tired from working all day and I actually got to listen to the whole mp3 without falling asleep.  In the beginning whent he waves were crashing it made me think about my wife and I's wedding. We had a destination wedding in Saint Thomas and it just reminded me of that.  Wish I was still there, best time of my life.

Pysical well being

I have always thought of myself as being a very physical person and I have always been in shape mind, body and soul. Toward my physical well being I am a 10.  The reason is because like I told you the beginning in my post, is that I am a very physcial person.  Spititually I believe I am a 7 just because I don't feel that I'm in tune with my body spiritaully as I could be.  My psychological well being is a 10, my mind set for things is off the charts. Psychlogical when I set my mind on something I always accomplish it. 

Physically I just need to stay in shape and keep doing what I'm doing.  Eating healthy and exercise will alwas keep me in good shape physically.  Spiritually I believe that I need to focus more having my faith in God more.  I have distancing myself from my faith because of how busy I am.  So my goal is to practice my faith more.  Psychologically I just need to focus more on the task at hand and not worry about other things that are on my plate at the time. 

Physically, eating healtheir.  Spiritaully, go to chuch. Psychologically I just need to focus more.

After hearing the exercise again I fell asleep, but I woke up and actually listened to it again.  I had a sense of calm over my body.   

Relaxation

While doing the exercise I became very sleepy and tired but I believe that had to with, I had a long day training clients. So I tried it the exercise in the morning when I woke.  This exercise actually put me in a relaxed mode and got me ready for the day and doign my workout.  Usually it takes awhile for me to get going in the morning and listening to this exercise cleared my mind and got me ready for the rest of the day.  I have tried meditation before and it didn't really work for me, but I do think this was because was so distracted because I tried this in a midlle of a field in Iraq.


Ray Hall