Loving-kindness practice enhance concern for the welfare of others. The first step was to think of someone you love with great tenderness. Open you heart to fully experience this feelings. Next, turn these feelings of care and affection toward yourself, being in a place of total peace. The next step confused me when she shifted to thought. I wasn't thinking about anything, I still connecting with this feeling of love.
When it was time to shift to the subtle mind, I didn't understand how to give my soul and mind to my heart. I didn't know what it was suppose to feel like. Visualization was on taking in your love ones and enemies suffering with a breath and breathing out health and wholeness for them with a breath. I was doing ok until she asked me to do this for my enemies. This messed up my whole train of thought. My mind shifted and thought maybe my enemies wouldn't be sick if they weren't sooooo eevviill. I am not going around making enemies but I do believe in reaping what you sow. I hope there is someone out there feeling me. LOL :<)
A mental work-out is exercising our minds by progressive development of an expanded consciousness and its healing capacities (Dacher, 2006). Some of the examples of a mental work-out and attitude is loving-kindness and a subtle mind. Some of the benefits of loving-kindness is it attracts loving-kindness and calms our minds. It opens our hearts for concern and compassion for the welfare of others and diminishes self-centeredness. Another example is subtle mind which addresses witnessing, calm-abiding, and unity consciousness (Dacher, 2006). This opens our minds and reveals a wisdom that knows the truth for our lives and existence. I can operate in loving-kindness and wisdom which are essential elements that heal at the source and drive human flourishing (Dacher, 2006).
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