Sunday, January 12, 2014
Exercise Unit 5
When comparing and contrasting the Loving Kindness exercise and the Subtle mind exercise both possessed the same background noise of waves crashing and eastern chimes. They also both led you into the mental fitness practice so you could block "outside chatter". The subtle mind was less guided and left you more to your own vices (as the title suggests) and was about being one with yourself and witnessing what was going on internally. While the Loving Kindness exercise was more about harnessing all the negativity you had going on and releasing it.
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Coeli,
ReplyDeleteI love the subtle mind practice. I've been practicing meditation for a few years now, but it's nice to have that little bit of guidance that it provides. I also like the length of it. I definitely plan on doing it regularly for a while. I know that the loving kindness practice is also very beneficial for me and I should still do that one a few times a week.
Elizabeth
Did you notice that you gained more benefit from one than the other? To me, the exercises while similar, were very different in what they achieved. One helped you to release the negative feelings you felt towards others. The other helped you to clear your mind so that you were more at peace and calm within yourself.
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