What no audio exercise! That´s fine, variety is the spice of life. I actually liked the loving-kindness exercise. I know it was only four lines to repeat but it was fun to find ways to memorize the lines that had to be repeated. The thing or image that kept popping into my mind while repeating these lines was ego. If everybody could just let go of their image and the way they want to be perceived by others than obtaining the desired results of this exercise would be easier. I think that I say this because I live in a country of 300,000 people and I get this sense of competition from people here to have the best cars, clothes, gadgets or whatever they can show to represent an image of wealth or I´m better than you. I hope what I´m trying to say is coming out right. There has been many times in my life when I think that if we lived in a tribe type setting with no money and everybody was treated equal and everybody would have their role in the tribe or community than I feel we would be much happier in general. By making our health (not an image of being in shape) and wellness a priority in our own life, than it will have no choice but to radiate to others.
The integral assessment was a little more difficult for me. Anytime that you have a question with the words, psychospiritual, biological, interpersonal, or worldly all in the same sentence, you know it´s going to be difficult to answer. The one area I feel that needs the most focus right now is psychospiritual. I feel this area gets paid the least attention in my overall wellness. This course has really brought this to my attention. The concept that I have found most meaningful in this course is ''the witnessing mind''. If I can learn to just witness thoughts that come to mind and not grasp them than this will open up deeper levels and put me more in touch with the psycospiritual aspect of wellness.
Hello Chad!
ReplyDeleteYes, ego can be a killer for anyone. I suffer because of my ego. I used to be a very very strong individual that could carry the weight of the world on my shoulders. As time has past, my physical shape has diminished and my health has also decrease. My problem is that I still see that guy in the mirror that I used to be. It is very hard to tell myself that my health is going to suffer soon. I am also pretty smart and that can hurt me as well. I have a really hard time taking orders from people that are less cognitively blessed then I am. I have that problem with my boss, he is not very smart but he is still the boss. He got to where he is somehow and I have to respect that but sometimes I wonder. As you can see my ego gets in the way of healthy relationships with others and it will start to hurt my health. I don't get off on material items though. I haven't went shopping for clothes or clothing accessories, such as watches, in years. I still wear a lot of the clothes that I wore in high school. I have found that the most important things in my life are my body and mind. Without those 2 things I don't have much. I too would appreciate a simpler life, a life of living and not the mindless "follow the leader" mentality that we currently live in. People get too hung up on designer clothes and martial items that they have lost sight of the important things in life. I feel sorry for those people who get caught up in those trends because they are really missing out on life and the wonderful things that are around them that they may never see. Thanks Chad.
Bradly Leis
I totally agree Chad, Huge egos are taking over this world and that is one of the many reasons there are so many problems going on right now. I see big egos everywhere in my part of the country. I live in a fairly middle class suburb just outside of Chicago and with a family of my own right now I feel like everybody has to keep up with the Jones's. Even my wife is starting to act like that and I find it to be ridiculous. People need to start paying more attention to what is really important in their lives, things like their family and their health. If people would keep their egos in check, I strongly believe many many personal issues would be solved in several peoples lives.
ReplyDeleteHi Chad,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your post. I am going to read your blog more often!
So America is not the only country that is overloaded with egos and competition? Hahahaaaa Well, you have hit the nail on the head. I have lived in a tribal setting in South America and from what I can tell, they ARE happier (even healthier) than the average person in a "developed" country. That is really something to think about...
Thanks for your posts and the bits of humor :) Ill be reading your post this week!
Peace,
Steph