"May all individuals gain freedom from suffering.
May all individuals find sustained health, happiness, and wholeness.
May I assist all individuals in gaining freedom from suffering.
May I assist all individuals in finding health, happiness, and wholeness."
After completing the exercise for a short while I began to feel my inner self open up, like an overall feeling of welcome was gradually filling me. I feel like it transitioned from my mind, and then my spirit started to feel warmer and more open, and then my body felt graceful and and warm.
I really liked the integral assessment that we were told to reference. It got me to realize that 95% of the problems I imagine myself to have are due to feeling as though I lack strong interpersonal relationships with other people, and that my worldly presence is lacking because I feel so disconnected from them. I have chosen to focus on the interpersonal aspect of my life, and also realized that self-regulation is the line of development upon which I need to build. This line of self-regulation affects me the most because I hide from social situations, avoid them, and don't challenge myself to them - thus my skills "worsen" because I haven't made it a point to practice them until recently once i began to realize how segregated I am from the rest of the world, aside from my boyfriend, my gram, and my boyfriend's mother. What I have to do is practice making conversation more, starting with at work. When it comes to making conversation, i tend to draw a blank - I don't know how to begin, and I don't know how to continue. But with practice I will become more socially savvy.
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