Hello Everyone! This week we were doing the universal loving-kindness exercise and the integral assessment. The universal loving-kindness was an OK exercise but it was not near as good as the loving-kindness exercise that we did earlier this term. My biggest problem was trying to remember the lines that I was supposed to repeat for 10 minutes. I could not keep my eyes closed because I had to constantly go back to reading the book. I would try to not read the book and then I would screw up and I would lose my relaxation. I don't know if it is something that I would enjoy doing frequently. The thought behind it was good but it is not for me.
The integral assessment was also an OK exercise. My feeling is that a person does not need an exercise like this one to tell them what they need to improve on in life. I do not know if it is just me that thinks this way or if people really need this type of exercise to uncover where they need improvement in their life. I know I need to improve on my work. I am working on starting a new business, in a field that I LOVE, and I need to work really hard at that but in the mean time I work for someone else. I get so tired of doing the job that I currently do, which says a lot because I have always found something that I like in every job that I have ever had. I need to work on realizing that this job I have now is only temporary and it will be over soon. I need to keep my level of quality up even though I am ready to walk out the door. Some days get soooooo stressful but everyday I come back and do it again. Thanks everyone.
Bradly Leis
Brad,
ReplyDeleteThank you for being so honest about your feelings about these two exercises, you brought up some great points that I did not think about. I had a problem remembering the lines in the loving-kindness exercise. That killed any chance of me doing this exercise well also. That also is a good point about people not needing to be told what they need to improve on, but I do think this is a good way to sit back and be able to look at what in your life is in the need the most for fixing. I'm am so busy, if I don't sit back and tell myself to assess my integral health situation, I won't do it. Good luck on switching to work for yourself. I hope it goes well for you.
Hey Brad, nice title. Yeah man, unit 6 already. I can´t wait either. I believe I have five more classes after this course is over. This exercise was a little different not having an audio exercise to listen to. I did have fun memorizing the lines that had to be repeated and I did like what I realized with that particular exercise. I do feel it´s good for people to do this exercise because I think most people have no idea what some of this stuff is and how it affects our overall wellness. I think people have felt some way for so long that they just accept this as feeling good but there is so much room for potential, they just do not realize it. Good luck with the business your starting. When I was reading about how you felt about your current job, I thought about the movie ''Office space''. Maybe a hypnotherapist could help you think that you were fishing all day instead of being at this job. See ya man.
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