Aesclepius

Meeting Aesclepius wasn't much different than the other meditation exercises.  The difference being Aesclepius represents inner peace and inner wisdom.  I cuddled into my favorite chair and began to relax to what I love, the sound of the soothing ocean along with the tinkling of music in the background,  I can take the tinkling of the music or leave it.  While listening to voice describing Aesclepius and our ability to reach inner peace and wisdom of which is deep with in us gave me a positive and calming feeling that if I continue to utilize this form of relaxation and clearing my mind I too can be successful.  I enjoyed thinking of someone I find inspiring to myself who may possess wisdom, love, compassion and imagining the white beam.  I actually could feel a heaviness at the crown of my head.  I tried to focus on the beam of light going into my throat, that seemed odd and I lost my concentration, I refocused and visualized the red beam of light to go from my wise person's heart and into my heart, this feeling did feel good and gave me a sense of energy and peace.   Overall,  I came away from this exercise with positive thinking, motivating me to embrace with more gusto my own inner positive qualities and inner peace. 

unit 6 loving kindness

I am so interested in the loving kindness theory.  I have been focused on this practice for many years and because of this class now know it has a name and really is part of a much larger life aspect.  I followed the instructions for the exercise and found it to be quite powerful by giving me the mind and spirit of transferring positive energy to the world.  After this focus sending inner feelings of goodness and kindness how can one continue to harbor negative and angry feelings.  It was a nice way to relax this evening and find my calm peaceful self after having such a long and very busy week at work.   The assessment tool was also interesting and is a good way to check oneself looking inside and working on honest areas that are weak.  I need to work diligently on listening not just with in myself but to others to clearly hear what may be underlying.  I need to organize a workable meditation daily to continue striving for a clear and calm abiding mind and spirit.  To listen to my spirit regarding stressors that are short term and others that are awaiting me in the next 7 months.  Thus far it has all been a great learning experience and spiritual growth for me. 

The Subtle mind

So unit 5 is about the subtle mind and witnessing mind, calm abiding with the ultimate goal of experiencing unity consciousness.  So I found myself back in my favorite recliner, ready to focus myself into quiet calm, planning on practicing my witnessing mind and control my thinking and clear my mind.  I enjoyed the focus on breathing, it once again helped me to stay focused and keep my mind on only one thought, breathing at a relaxed level and bringing my heart rate and respirations down to slow mo.  Unfortunately, I really don't enjoy the woman's voice, she startled me again when she broke the ocean calmness.  I am finding a man's mono-tone lower voice more calming than the womans, not sure why,  must be a childhood issue...haha  Anyway, overall,  I enjoyed the focus on breathing with the ocean sound.   It is getting easier and the benefits are amazing after a long day at work:)