The exercise of universal loving-kindness sort of confused me. I tried to relax and clear my mind. I really wanted this to start to work but I found myself not only reading the phrases but my mind continued to wander. Then I tried to just read the words and found myself reading before and after wondering if I was doing this right. After the 10 minutes or so were up, then I wondered if I am just not at that place yet and need to clear my mind more or at least better. It seems as though the day that happens affects how calm the mind is. I know that during the summer, I can sit on my deck and just stare into the forest and be at such ease with everything but now I cannot. I really think I am not there yet.
Deep down I know this can work. I honestly feel the work I need to concentrate on is forgiveness and calming my mind. There is a lot of anger and this will help. We all make mistakes and over the years I have made a few. I want to work on this and let things go since they are just annoying and getting in the way. I love how this works with just letting go of the thoughts and healing from within but never knew what it was or how. This class is teaching me the reasons why some things have worked while others have not.
Craig Touchette
I found it as a wake up call reminding me of who I have in my life. I found the subtle mind exercise more confusing than anything. My assessment I found that I had to work on my emotions. I am a hot head and lose my temper on the people that mean the most to me. It was a definite wake up call for me.
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