Through my own experience: From the introduction, as Dacher began to speak you are in a conscious and calm mind and body, as you view the array of images on the computer monitor. Following the instructions of the Loving-kindness mp3 I was lead to a state of meditation. In this meditation I can not confer upon what occurred with the exception of a lucid state of consciousness. This may work differently for various people as our minds have been trained in different ways. I have be trained to meditation in a way that noise is blocked out and one is dimensional, or rather in another place, breathing has slowed to 2 to 3 breaths per minute and it may continue for hours.
My memory of the young woman’s voice at some point became very vivid and all together disappeared. The exercise was beneficial to me, at that time I had taken many test and needed to stop and relax my mind and spirit. The recommendation of Loving-kindness is one that should be recognized to any and everyone; I recommend it as a part of healing and feeling.
The concept grows from Loving-Kindness and that enduring well-being requires a diminished focus on ones self. Also, the subtle mind and wisdom; as it relates to ever growing knowledge and learning to still the mind, to allow us to train and tame the mind, open the heart, expand consciousness, and progress toward psychospiritual flourishing. It is ask that you start a few minutes per day, a certain time of day, best in the morning, be in your home, be private; conductive to silence, and comfortable. Research has indicated that” mental workout” has effects on our hormonal and immune system. Namaste to my Professor and classmates.
Lisa,
ReplyDeleteI am so glad that you have experienced what the book has been teaching us - that we can train our minds to do certain things. I have been struggling with the meditation piece because my mind wanders in different directions. I do believe that with practice that I can achieve what you are accomplishing by being able to block out everything and be in that one dimension. Do you have any tips on practice techniques I could do to help keep that focused?
Lisa,
DeleteGreat post, you did a very good job of explaining your experience and the varying states you were feeling. I find it hard to fully let my mind go to a state of meditation like that, I can get to a point of relaxation but to fully be able to meditate seems quite hard for me. Excellent job though and keep using these techniques.
What I am learning from these exercises is there are different levels of meditation and in doing these exercises I may not get to the levels that is required the first time for me to experience the fullness of the exercise. Now, the visualization part was deep for me. Breathing in your enemies suffering and breathing out health and wholeness for them. SKERED. This messed up my whole train of thought. I am thinking maybe my enemies wouldn't be sick if they weren't so evil. I do believe in sowing and reaping. LOL Just pray my strength in the Lord Jesus. :<)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great blog post. It is very interesting that a mental workout can be good for a person's immune system just like physically working out can be. Many people don't believe or understand the mind body connection but this shows that there truly is a strong connection to one another. Having a healthy strong mind means having a healthy strong body!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you have been practicing meditation, in some capacity, for a while now. It's fairly new to me. I am able to quiet myself and become very relaxed as well as focused. But then I seem to get stuck trying to visualize things, and haven't quite gotten that part down. I guess that is where the mental workout comes into play, the more we practice this the easier it should be, right?
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