Subtle mind

This week, I enjoyed this exercise a little bit more only because I went to a place that I love the most that gives me a peaceful calm feelings, the lake by my house. I walked around for a few hours after listening to the CD and felt extremely calm and in a place of pure serenity. It brought me back to when I was a child and I used to walk the lake every Christmas morning with my dad. We don't do that anymore, and I want to start doing that again. Looking out on the lake, which is the closest thing to my beach in upstate NY, has helped me escape and open my mind up to more positive things like beauty and purity. The loving-kindness exercise made me think of people where as this week, I thought more about myself and what I need to do to make myself better and put myself in a happier place. It was a great feeling, and I will not forget it.

Only you can control you.

Throughout this exercise and this hellish week I have endured, I must say that suffering is nothing I want to deal with. This exercise was rather difficult for me this week and it did take a few days for me to get through it because I have been dealing with some rather personal issues. However, the feeling it gave me was a sense of belief. I was able to believe in my own thoughts and went into a state of prayer for others who suffer. It was beneficial for the sake of my own mind. I have noticed that from this past week's readings such as Dacher and the belief of the mind, I have begun to think a little bit different at the stressors in my life and what I even have them for. Because of these stressors, I had a terrible week, but quite honestly, these stressors, were choice stressors and all I really need to do was sit down and think if they were really important to me. If they are not, they will not make it to next week, and if they are, well they will be thought through and analyzed.

I think mental workouts are quite powerful because it gives the mind a chance to relax and focus on what has been going on while also releasing feelings that are deep down. It helped me understand the point of life and what living is really for. It's not exactly for other people but for yourself. In order to be helpful, one must be comfortable within themselves. Through this exercise, it helped me do just that.

My well being is well.

As far as my well being is concerned, spiritually I am quite relaxed. I think that over the past few months I have begun to realize who I truly am and therefore have created a stable soul. My physical well being has always been fine and I would put that on a scale of 8 because I still always need improvement and perhaps need to actually take care of myself a little better because colds seem to keep getting into my system and won't leave me alone. My psychological well being has tremendously fascinated me over the past few months. I have changed locations geographically which have taken a toll on me but not once did I truly give up and that to me has helped my psychological well being. It has given me strength to feel security within myself without overdosing on other people's thoughts, forming my own opinions and stimulating my own mind to make the right decision. I would rate it at a 8. The biggest goal for me spiritually would be to become more of an old soul that I know I am. I am 21 and truly act my age, which is not something I am proud of. I would like to continue on the path of becoming an older soul. As for my physical well being, I would like to do more running. Running has always helped me in more than a physical way. It has helped me spiritually, mentally, and emotionally. My goal physically would be to run more often and dance. Dancing is one of my true passions that I will never leave. Psychologically I am on the right path to transforming myself into a much more stable person. With the combination of developing my older soul by realizing that life is not all rainbows and sunshine, I think I will get to exactly who I want to be within a short amount of time.

The relaxation exercise was enjoyable, althought slightly boring to me. I would much rather relax by listening to Zen music or something light and soft, like I have said before, acoustics.


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Relaxation

The key to relaxing for me is the sound of an acoustic guitar. For example, right now I am listening to "All your Life" by The Band Perry, and it probably puts me in the lightest mood ever. It gives me the feelings of relaxation, pretty much the same way "The Chair" by George Strait does when my dad sings it to me and plays his guitar. I am all about relaxing sounds and music because why not be relaxed. People are way to tense in this world because they think they're supposed to be. Nobody told you to be tense and put on that extra work load in your office or work extra hours for a new person. Nobody told you to stress yourself out by committing to a relationship you aren't sure about or buying too many things then realizing you don't have the money. It's all about relaxation. My reflection on this Journey On, is simply your life is a journey, don't stress, it is only the beginning of the end, and even if the end comes, there is always something further!

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