Sunday, September 30, 2012

Loving-kindness exercise

So I sit with my eyes closed and repeat in my head:

May all individuals gain freedom from suffering.
May all individuals find sustained health, happiness, and wholeness.
May I assist all individuals in gaining freedom from suffering. 
May I assist all individuals in finding health , happiness, and wholeness. 

I got through the first five minutes of this exercise before my mind wandered onto other things. However, the first five minutes was awesome. This made me feel so good. If I could really take away everyones suffering that would make me very happy. I am a person who loves to help others and that is why I am going to into nursing. This exercise is an awesome exercise an I will incorporate it into my every day. 

As for the integral assessment the area I need to work on the most is biological flourishing. The areas of biological flourishing are fitness, nutrition, and self-regulation. I really need work on the fitness and nutrition. I am trying to do this as we speak and hope to have it mastered soon :)  I am still 30 or so pounds over weight and we eat out way too much. Once I can get those under control I think the area of biological flourishing will be great. Then I can move on to the next area of the assessment to work on. I think each area needs some improvements and this class is helping me make those improvements. 

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