UNIT 8 BLOG "Reviewing of the Exercises and Practive Sessions"

A while back before I even started this class I started reading a book called "The Secret, by Rhonda Byrne". I kept hearing how phenominal it was, so i bought it and I havent finished it. I dont know if it was because I just didnt have the time or it wasnt catching my attention. Now that I am taking this class I have picked the book back up and realized that they go together some what. In my readings I found in the chapter titled "The Secret of Health" there is a paragraph called "Think thoughts of Perfection" - Think thoughts of perfection, Illness cannot exhist in a body that has harmonious thoughts. Know there is only perfection, and as you observe perfection you must summon that to you. Imperfect thoughts  are the cause of all humnaitys ills, inlcuding disease, poverty and unhappinees. When we think negative thoughts we are cutting ourselves off from our rightful heritage.  Your probably wondering why I shared that with you. Again the book and this class seem to really go together. Our assignement was to reflect on our exercises and talk about which two worked best for us, I must say that my ultimate goal would be to achieve The Subtle Mind. As Dacher says the subtle and still mind are essential for integral health. I want to reach the integral health, I want to experience the still and clear mind, but right now I am still training. I am still preparing the ground, so for now the Loving-Kindness which includes sensativity  and openness to others and their differences, a wwarm heart, and the qualities of respect, fairness, honesty, patience and acceptance. (Dacher, 2006) With this being said, this comes as second nature for me. I cant even describe the feeling I get when I am doing for others. It's the look in their eyes when something is done for them out of generosity, its the feeling of just giving back that is awesome and I dont need anything in return because everything that I do it gives me a feeling of self worth its one of the best feelings in the world. People love to feel loved and appreciated and to know that some one is there for them. For my second exercise I chose visualization/meditation, although I have yet to master the meditation portion, I find that the focus on the breathing helps me, just 5 or 10 minutes before I get out of my car to walk into work or in traffic during a traffic jam, it settles me. Instead of getting angry and upset and letting my blood pressure rise I try to remember to do this.
All of these would help in my profession, they have helped me everyday. I use my loving-kindness towards those that choose to be angry and upset, they dont know how to take it when someone is being nice to them as they are trying to get a rise out of you. It just makes them all the more upset, but why am I going to waste negative energy on you and get myself all upset when I can turn it into positive energy and hopefully help the other person understand that its just not worth it. There is no point in getting up set over those things that you have absolutly no control over.