I chose the 'love and kindness' meditation and the last one, the 'happy, healthy, whole' meditation to foster my mental health. The love and kindness causes me to think about others and to let the love I have within to spread to others. This is, I think, a very important part of mental fitness. I am spiritually sick if I keep thinking about myself all the time, the less I think about myself and my wants, the more I can listen to the people around me and can be of service to them, which in turn serves me, because I feel good when helping others.
The 'happy, healthy, whole' visualization left me with an intense feeling of serenity and completeness. Questions ceased and answers came willingly. This meditation speaks to my inner soul, my inner, self-confident, and healthy self, thus creating a better me if carried over in the now-time. My mental fitness profites from this state of being because there is no stress, no must do, no fast drive - but still more things get accomplished. Great how that works! I can feel these better moments for some time, but am far from being a saint! There are still the fast, stressy moments more frequent than the slow, peaceful ones. But what do they say - progress, not perfection!
Howdy,
ReplyDeleteOne of these you picked, the one about thinking about others usually makes me sad. I have a tendancy to think of my grandmother when I do this and I start missing her all over again. I do want to say that I am glad that it works for you. I think that it is important to try all of them otherwise, how will we ever know what does and does not work for us. I can tell by your blogs that this is right up your alley and I am sincerely glad that they work for you.
Mack
Hey Johanna,
ReplyDeleteI can see that you truly have a kind heart. I think it is a great thing that you try to help others. I am also the same way. Many of my friends think I am crazy because I always give homeless people money. They tell me that they are only going to buy alcohol or drugs with it. Even though that could possibly be true, I only do it out of the kindness of my heart and HOPE that that they do some good with the money.