During this exercise, I must say, I probably did not begin in the best of settings. For one thing, I am greatly stuffed from eating out tonight. Physically, it is not often I allow myself the indulgence that I did this evening. Nevertheless, tonight I did. Additionally, I had a margarita and physically feel the effects from this decision.
Okay, stating all that, tonight was not the optimum night for this exercise. Furthermore, I read through this exercise in the text and it bothered me before the listening began. I do not like the thought of taking in another disease or problem or any malady for that matter into one's own body. I think there is a better approach or maybe dissipating it into thin air or another matter. However, certainly one's own body should not be an option in my eyes. Therefore, for this reason alone, I would not recommend this exercise to another. In fact, I will not participate in it every day for a week either as it suggested.
However, I did like taking much time to focus on a loved one. Yes . . . this was very beneficial. I would suggest this application be drawn out further because I felt great when doing this. Moreover, even when considering the negative thoughts or emotions and giving them "equal time", I found this helpful as well. Yes, just looking at them from the outward perspective aided in a full balance or further understanding of the reality of the cause. Overall, I felt much better.
I think this is where the concept of the mental workout comes to play. Being able to allow one's own mind permission for these thoughts essentially gives room for the release as well; even the understanding and clarity. This, in turn, promotes peace and calm. Yes, I truly feel much more peace and calm than before I began. Implementing further mental workouts should come with ease; however, I feel I need the proper guidance still and this exercise will not be the one to further enhance the act. I am sure I will find what suits my needs shortly. However, until then, I can apply exactly the principle that I necessitate from what has already been learned.
Yes . . . it is now a matter of implementation.
I must admit if you are not mentally prepared to do the exercises, they have no real affect. It is a process for me. I have to set my mind around the exercise and totally get ready to do it for it to have any effect for me. i am so on the page of trying to see the light at the end of the tunnel, I enjoy these meditations. Anything to make life a little less stressful will work for me. The fact that you realized your mindset was kind of distracted is good though. So the next time, you'll better prepare and hopefully you'll get more out of it.
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ReplyDeleteI had the same thought as you: why would I want to inhale someone's dark cloud of pain and suffering into my own body?? But I still went on with the exercise, focusing on the part that once the breath touched my heart, it diminishes - just as Dacher tells us to do so. I imagine it diminishing just as if you place a thread of hair over a flame. It burns it so quickly from one end to the other, never allowing it to reassemble.
I have another way to do this, though. I made this practice up when I was going through a bad relationship with my ex. He was such an angry person and I used to wish that his anger could just lift up out of his body and fly away. So at night when he was already asleep in bed, I would lay there with my eyes closed and imagined a positively charged magnet hovering over his and my body because a positive magnet attracts negitively charged particles or objects. So I continued to imagine thousands of negative signs (-) rise out of his and my bodies until there wasn't any left. With my mind I made the magnet fly out of my house, into the sky, through the universe where the negatively charged particles were released into the atmosphere where it could attach to other particles to create gasses or whatever else is out there. But for a good use, none the less. I would do this everytime we had a bad argument and by morning, we would make up and he would always feel a sense of being refreshed and calm, as did I. Try this because it really worked for me.
Greetings Traci,
ReplyDeleteIt is suggested, most meditation sessions should begin on an empty stomach. I also think it is better to do the class exercises as with yoga, meditation, or exercise very early in the morning before we start our daily routines, which will optimize and enhance or sessions and set a refreshing relaxed mood for the whole day ahead. Don't worry, just keep striving and as the weeks go by you will get better results with our class practice sessions.
Traci,
ReplyDeleteI feel like we had some similarities in our reactions to this exercise. I too was not a fan of the idea of in taking someone else’s disease through my breath and in fact this was probably one of the reasons this part of the exercise was not beneficial to me. However, you were much more focused throughout the exercise than I was. Was there anything you learned or tips you could give to someone who seems to be struggling in with focus?
Thank you all for your comments!
ReplyDeleteEmily, thanks for sharing about the "magnet" technique with your ex. Yes, I like that idea much better than taking in the anger in yourself.
Kareem, you brought up a great point about meditation on an empty stomach. Yes, this would have helped me greatly. However, I must say, after my exercise, I felt much better! Yes, it is amazing what a good meditation will do for the physical body. Additionally, I like the morning idea too, although it seems most of my exercises occur in the afternoon and/or evening.
Sarah, when it comes to focus, my best tip is to keep trying. It does get easier the more one tries! Yes, some days may even seem more difficult than others whereas focus is concerned, but with continued practice, it will come easier!
No problem Traci good luck!
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