This week, I have been practicing the universal Loving Kindness
meditation exercise. Each day, I have settled into meditation at least a few
times, focusing on these four phrases of universal Loving Kindness. I was
amazed at the impact this has had on me. First of all, it has helped me remain
calm when frustrated. Beyond that, it has helped me to realize that I do in
fact have the ability to make the world a better place. Oftentimes, I feel as
though each of us gets so wrapped up in ourselves that we forget what an impact
we can have on each other. This Loving Kindness exercise has reminded me of my
own power to impact the world.
When completing the integral assessment, I realized that I should focus
more on worldly flourishing. When I was in the Army, I was focused more on this
quadrant. However, after leaving the Army, and becoming a stay at home mom, I
seem to have forgotten about this quadrant. I focus most of my efforts on my own
biological and psycho spiritual development. Even my focus on the interpersonal
is mostly focused on my own family. I realize now that I should branch out a
bit in my development to the worldly. The universal loving kindness exercise
has helped me to realize this. I need to find ways to become more involved in my community to impact the world around me.
Hello Cantway,
ReplyDeleteWow, what a great post. You certainly seem to know what direction you are traveling on your journey and that is great. I tend to feel like I am just skipping around from one spot to another with no actual direction. I loved your point about focussing more on your own and needing to focus more on worldly flourishing. I think we all tend to focus more on our selves and our families and don't realize to truly experience human flourishing one must practice universal loving kindness. I look forward to reading more about your journey and good luck to you.
Mary
Hello,
ReplyDeleteI was really inspired by your blog. You seem to have hit on a really good point. I tend to get busy or let my life take over and forget to stop and look around at what I can do or like you said how I can impact the world outside myself and family. I also will be putting more affect into the loving kindness exercise after what you wrote.
Thanks and have a wonderful journey