Unit 6 Meditation and Self Assessment

Hello everyone,

In the loving kindness exercise I noted the meditation focused on an external view.  Similar to envisioning the current state we are in as well as the current state others are in and focusing your energy to help those around you as well as yourself.  The integral assessment focused on an internal evaluation of oneself finding the aspect of one’s life which requires immediate attention, then, maintenance of that area then finding the next which requires additional attention.  I learned in both exercises that I do not focus enough attention spiritually on those around me and within myself.  Only recently have I focused spiritual attention on those around me and myself.  However, since doing so, I have noticed a positive difference in both others and my condition.  I have decided to focus more on loving kindness meditation utilizing psychospiritual energy to reinforce other aspects of my life.  I honestly can’t say why I chose this other than the fact that it makes sense to me as this area of my life feels out of sync with the rest of me.  Thank you for reading and I look forward to your posts.  Cheers!

 

Aaron

Unit 5

This week I listened to both audios (Loving Kindness and Subtle Mind) several times.  The Subtle Mind audio seemingly put me in a trance to where I was aware of everything around me, but in a dream state which was wonderful every time until it ended and it seemed like I was being ripped out of a dream.  However, the Loving Kindness audio continues to perplex me.  I relax and let the audio be my guide, but I feel as though my emotions are behind a blast door which simply will not open.  Though I do have people in my life I love dearly, I simply cant seem to connect with what the audio is directing.  In the past couple of weeks I have suffered from massive physical ailments.  To tell the truth, just the ideas this course was proposing caused me to regress into a proverbial cave, afraid to what doors may open if I implemented the ideas proposed.  However, I have come to terms with my fears and my physical ailments are subsiding as tread closer and closer to fully acclimating myself to concepts of spiritual, mental and physical wellness.

                Truthfully, I am not sure if I am doing this blog right because everytime I post on other blogs, it does not seem to show up.  So, if I blog on your page, please let me know to be sure I am not screwing anything up.  Thank you for reading.  Cheers!

Aaron

Unit 4 Blog/Journal Psychospiritual Flourishing

One of the most difficult issues with this exercise was finding a place where I would not be disturbed and could be at peace for 15 minutes.  After reading and listening to the recordings I attempted to implement what I learned.  I found this very difficult.  I have a difficult time trying to grasp what it is that I feel.  Additionally, I found it very difficult to understand what others feel.  When I attempted to grasp how I feel or felt, I didn’t know, I felt as though my mind kept asking me why I wanted to know and that I could not figure it out until I was able to answer the “whys.”  Unfortunately, even those questions eluded me.  However, when I attempted to feel what others, I fell short.  I could understand or comprehend what others feel or felt.  I became irritated, and I could not differentiate of what was irritating to me.  Then I discovered what it was, negative energy, I am surrounded by those who a transmitting huge volumes of negative energy. A mental workout is similar to a physical workout, but one is working out the mind in the sense of expanding consciousness.  Research indicates that we can “evolve our psychospiritual life and access its capacities and resources” with daily practice (Dacher. 2006).  One should practice daily for atleast 5 minutes but optimately 15 minutes to achieve progression.  Thank you for reading; I look forward to reading your replies.

Aaron

Dacher, E. (2006). Integral Health: the path to human flourishing. Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health Publications, Inc.

Hello Everyone

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to my blog.  To be completely honest, this whole blog thing has been one of the most intimidating things I have done in years.  Though in only took me a couple of minutes to develop it per the instructions and only a minute to figure out what the professor meant in her email regarding adding folks to this.  Its funny, I am taking two wellness courses simultaneously, and this is the most stressed out I have been in quite some time.  It could also be simply bad timing, recently we gained a new commander who (mildly put) is quite challenging.  Plus, with my recent decision to retire, my future is far less certain than the previous two decades.  All this in addition to the damage my body has incurred during my service has finally caught up to me.  So, if I seem distant or unfocused, please, bear with me.  Thank you for reading.

Aaron