Hello Everyone,
The two practices I have found to be the most beneficial are the loving-kindness and subtle mind practices. My favorite is the subtle mind practice. I especially like that one because my mind is constantly moving a thousand miles per hour. I'm the type of girl who finds the TV remote in the fridge and the milk in the cupboard lol. My husband has always compared my mind to a junk drawer while his is a neat room with handy little file cabinets lol. I want to be able to quiet the constant babble not only during the practice but to have that calmness all throughout the day! I am already getting a little better at the witnessing mind and hope that calm abiding and unity consciousness will follow with practice and perseverance.
The loving-kindness practice helps me to remember to embrace and love myself which is not always easy but it is needed for integral health. It also reminds me to embrace even my enemies which has not been easy either but I can feel anger and resentment melting away in my heart.
I have really loved this course and am sad it is coming to an end. I can feel the impact that it has had on my life and even in my family. To foster mental fitness I will make it a point to keep striving for integral health and happiness. Just because the course is coming to a close does not mean my goal should. The books for this course will not go on the bookshelf with other past materials but I will keep them with my upcoming texts and I will review the books each week and I will also continue to practiced the exercises and remember what I have learned, which is pretty priceless. This has been quite the journey this term! Loved it!
Heidi Waldman
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