During the Loving Kindness exercise, I found myself thinking a lot about who might be suffering and in what ways. This, to me, was not relaxing or something that I could easily focus on. I am a very compassionate person and am frequently having conversations with friends who are going through a rough time. I feel that staying in contact, both on the phone and in person, is a much more beneficial way for me to be of help to them. However, the Calm Abiding exercise was actually very relaxing while being very difficult to maintain. Honestly I just think that my life has so much going on right now that I am not able to fully appreciate these exercises. I know we are all busy but I travel for my job, my best friend just got married and I’m trying to keep up on my classes. I’m not doing a very good job right now but hope to do better very soon!
I believe that if you are spiritually healthy, this will have a huge impact on your mental health. Knowing what you believe and why you believe it gives you a peace that you may not be able to explain to those who don’t. Ideally I believe that if you are spiritually and mentally healthy then you should also be physically healthy. However, this is not something that I’ve witnessed to be accurate all the time. I know many people who are spiritual rocks and have a great outlook on life but struggle with their weight or other health issues. It would seem that maintaining all three would be a challenge too great for a lot of wonderful people.
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