I really liked this meditative practice for this week. I created my own person, who was a combination of a lot of wise and loving people that I know. This week I should have done more meditating that I have. I know it would have helped me get through this tough loss of a dear family member. I did stick with my running and that helped. I should have added the meditating to clam my mind so I could sleep better. This is a meditation that I think I could use a lot. I would look towards this person and guide and hope that they will give me useful information needed to guide me on the path that I am to be on. I think you could create any kind of guide that you think you need and use this meditation for information. Say you wanted to travel but didn't know where you wanted to go. You could create a travel guide and ask that the perfect place be brought to you through a meditation or it could manifest in the next few days.
"One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself"(Schlitz, Amorok, & Micozzi, 2005, p. 447).
This is very true. It is like trying to teach a child how to add and subtract if you didn't know how to add or subtract yourself. If you do not have love in your heart for everyone and everything, how can you help a client get to a point of love in their life? I think as health professionals we need to be learning and expanding our knowledge so that we can help others. This weekend there is a mind and body expo at the convention center in Minneapolis that I would have loved to go to. I do have a family funeral that I have to be at, but I will catch the next one. I think there is so much that is changing and new studies that are being done that will teach us how to connect everything together. If we do not stay with these studies the students coming up behind us will have all the new and we will be left behind learning from them. We can start creating a network of people that we trust for information and expanding on what we are learning now. Now is the time.
Hi Angie
ReplyDeleteI am so glad to hear that you liked the meditative practice for this week because I did too. Unlike you, I did not create my own person because it just made sense for me not to. I am sorry to hear of the loss of your loved one. Last year I went through the same thing when I lost my mom. This exercise would be beneficial for me if I had fewer distractions that came about so my mind would be so much calmer. I would suggest you get through this tough time first and then refocus on doing more meditation when you are ready. As for running, I would also suggest to keep doing that if it helps. This exercise would work great for my clientele to help relax and calm their mind, body, and spirit in other ways than they normally do.
DanielleBis2
I really enjoyed the meditation this week as well. I love visualization meditation. It feels like a journey every time. I will keep this meditation for future use.
ReplyDeleteIts great that you took time to run even while you are grieving. I think that running can be a form of meditation. I just bought running shoes. Next step is to use them. I am already very active, however, I want to add running as a challenge and a type of meditation.
peace,
Qadeera