I really did try and I even listened to it again after the first time, but I just couldn't get it today. I had a pretty bad argument with my brother a few days ago and I think that is dragging me down. I tried to breathe in the bad from him and breath out the happiness and health to him but I just didn't feel it. It bothers me that I didn't get it because I really have felt a difference from the exercises in the units prior but not this one.
I think I would recommend this to anyone that works with people on a daily basis. We all have our bad days and we all have our times where we don't feel well. I think that maybe the nursing profession may benefit from listening to this. They could relax and learn to love everyone at the same time. It could help their bedside manner with their patients.
I think the concept of a mental workout is practicing and challenging your mind to go to places it hasn't been before. Research can show that a mental workout can help someone achieve things they never thought they could like reversing heart disease or any other illness. If you practice your mind to think healthy and happy, then I would think your body would react to your mind in that way. I think that I need to try to listen to this exercise on another day to see if I can get it again.
Melissa,
ReplyDeleteI think that you should try listening to this audio again. As mentioned by Dacher, you have to assume a relax position to go through this effectively. Try being in another location and concentrate more on the love that you have for your brother,than the fight that you had or just to get through this, choose another family member for now.
I would agree that it would be good for you to listen to the exercise another day as you mentioned that the units prior you felt different. I had a wonderful experience it was very peaceful for me. If I could give one suggestion it would to be that you quite your mind next time prior to listening to this exercise again. Maybe try writing your thoughts down on paper, journaling is very helpful for me. I wish you and your boyfriend loving kindness!
ReplyDeleteI understand what you mean. The exercise was difficult to get. I listened to it three times and still didn’t really get the results that I did from the other two exercises. I know that these exercises are not easy and some are going to make you work to get results. I guess this exercise is one of those. It is crazy to me that the mind can be so powerful to reverse something like heart disease. That is an amazing fact.
ReplyDeleteI couldn’t get it the first time I did it either. I think I just need to take a break from everything, give myself time for me and try it again. I hope the next few times you do this exercise it works better for you. I have done it a few times since the initial one and it’s gotten easier, but it still isn’t as beneficial as I’d like it to be. In the book it said take 5-15 minutes I think, and the tape is almost 20 minutes long. Maybe it’s the time that throws me off since I’m usually feeling like I don’t have enough of it. Good luck to you in the future with this exercise.
ReplyDeleteAny forward movement of progressive thoughts while attempting to offer another person love and kindness is a success. It can be difficult sometimes to be as giving as the CD states one should, even impossible sometimes. The slightest attempt is similar to a pebble hitting water and breaking its surface tension. There is a ripple affect taking place, no matter how small it appears to be.
ReplyDeleteThe results achieved may not appear to be a “tidal wave” in size, but none the less, still felt by others. Thanks for sharing. Keep practicing, it works.
Hey Melissa,
ReplyDeleteMy bro and I are 3yrs apart and we still fight like we did when we were kids now and again. We are in our 40's! Just because you are related doesn't mean you have to like each other all the time. You do love him so it just takes time to get over the initial ick of the situation. The exercise may have worked for you if you used a different person to send your emotions to. Maybe you need just a bit more time to get over the current issue.
I know when my brother ticks me off it brings back some old feelings I had that I rarely like to think of from the past. If all else fails we punch each other in the arm real hard once and forget about it... Or I ask my sister in law why she doesn't kill him in his sleep by now.... then I hug my adorable niece and it's all good again because it shows me at least one thing we have in common. Lol.
Becki