Loving- Kindness & Visualization

Loving- Kindness allows for an individual to feel alive with the sprouting of new growth and development.  One becomes full of the sense of gratefulness and feeling of being blessed, while allowing one to realize the possibilities that can change the course of one’s health and life.   The practice of Loving- Kindness is a simple but yet complex exercise that consists of one making a connection to a particular person who brings love and tenderness to you.  While the body is emerging into a sense of tenderness and joy, one must try to be conscious of the disturbing interruptions and let the tenderness over compensate them with joy.  Let the focal point be your “inner self” and welcome it with the same sensation of loving- kindness. While you are in this blissful state visualize someone who is suffering and inhale their pain and exhale enough love and kindness to shower them and their sufferings.  Let the constant state of joy and tenderness be of a continuous music that plays throughout your mind, body, and spirit. 

Visualization is another way in which our minds can become quiet and clear of mental or everyday interruptions.  It is practiced by making a personal connection that brings one a sense of comfort and joy through a personal, athletic, or emotional achievement.  When we gain mental clarity it helps one to guide or navigate themselves through the roadblocks that impede growth and development of integral flourishing. 

I can implement the practice when feeling overwhelmed or in distress.  I can implement loving- kindness and visualization to detoxify my mind and bring it back to a state of calmness and serenity.   I can implement loving- kindness and visualization in my personal life to foster “mental fitness” by continuing to practice the exercises until mastery is achieved.

“Butter is the hidden sweet essence of milk.  But for butter to emerge from milk, the milk must be churned” (Dacher, 2005, p139).

 

References:

Dacher, E. S. (2005). Integral health: The path to human flourishing. Laguna Beach: CA. Basic Health Publishing, Inc., p139