Friday, June 21, 2013
Unit 6- Universal loving-kindness
Hi everyone!
Universal loving-kindness; the ability to see others for who they are, being empathetic, generous, and filled with emotional intimacy; the final step in interpersonal development.
The practice seems to me like the loving kindness but expanded to "all individuals"; for 10 minutes relax and enter in to a natural ease of your body and mind. Once you have done this repeat the following phrases:
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.
The assessment process involves looking at each of the aspects of the human experience; asking questions about areas you might feel that you need help or which one to focus on? As we have learned throughout our reading it is important to work on all the phases of each of the four quadrants.
The area I have chosen would be psychospiritual growth because when we did our personal assessments earlier in the class I felt that this was one that I needed to focus on the most. Within psychospiritual growth, I WILL focus on first myself in order to extend myself to others. I am going to continue to do the exercises we have learned about; loving-kindness, subtle mind, and universal loving-kindness.
Erika
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Great post! I can really tell that you know what needs to be done for yourself personally. I completely agree with you that working on ourselves first then extending ourselves to others. I've always had this backward in my life. I believe your strategies will be great for your growth and wellness. I have decided to take some of yours and add to mine. I believe going over and regularly practicing these exercises will prove to promote growth and wellness. I also believe that your strategy can also be effective for any clientele because of the fact that we have learned about repition, continuous training of the mind will be beneficial.
ReplyDeleteI think you are smart to focus on your own personal growth before extending it to others. How can we be truly helpful to others if we have not helped ourselves first?
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