Tuesday, July 10, 2012
A quiet mind....A clear mind
The subtle mind exercise was much more difficult for me to get through. I am a mother of six and I am constantly jumping from schedule to schedule, day to day and kid to kid. I have a hard time shutting my mind off so actually trying to keep it still was a challenge. It was difficult for me to maintain my focus on my breathing and my mind would flit from thought to thought. The loving kindness exercise was easier because it is easier to think of love and to send love to those you love and even those you may despise.
The exercise showed me how untrained my mental and spiritual wellness are just as I am physically. I am tired most of the time, irritable and rarely able to enjoy myself. I know part of this is the lack of energy I have but also from feeling unsure of myself spiritually and feeling mentally exhausted on this.
Thanks for reading,
Tonia Pfaff
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Hi Tonia:
ReplyDeleteI have a very difficult time quieting my mind as well. One thing I did during the exercise to keep my mind focused on my breath, was that I counted with my breathing. I counted to four breathing out, I held it for four counts, I breathed in to four counts, and held it again for four counts. This number was comfortable for me and helped me to come back to my breath fairly easily. As my mind calmed I released the counting and just easily breathed in and out. This way I had counting to occupy my mind for a bit then I released that mind activity as well. My mind did try to pull away to random thoughts, I acknowledged them (waved hi to them) and went back to my counting. I will definitely need to practice, but counting seemed to help me a little.
Keep after it, I'm sure you'll do great :-)
~Helen