Monday, June 16, 2014
The Subtle Mind Exercise
The subtle mind exercise was a challenge for me much like the love and kindness exercise. Finding the still mind is not an easy task, much less exploring it. Every time I seem get a grip on my racing thoughts and ignore the outside environment, I lose my focus because the outside environment breaks my concentration. I have to be louder than the physical environment. Sometimes I have a hard time comprehending reading materials if there is a lot going on around me. I have to read aloud to really read and comprehend something new. I have yet to accomplish really getting a grip on the still mind and that proves to be a little frustrating. Mental and physical wellness are closely connected and play off each other. The spiritual wellness follows and is connected to mental and physical wellness just the same. Each come together to create a web of interconnectedness leading to human flourishing. I think that spiritual wellness is the development of the mental and physical being. The spirit of a person is based off the individual person and their experiences with mental and physical wellness, developing the spirit of a person.
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Hi Kalie. Yep, it is tough to block out the environment. I might suggest allowing yourself to recognize the outside environment and then acknowledge that those forces are of no concern or influence. I too have to reread a paragraph and think about each sentence before going on to the next. I am starting to get better with reading.
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