Mental Workout

One of the first thing that opened my experience to Deacher CD exercise is “you get back what you receive”.  How true this statement is, but I found it difficult at first to see myself receiving.  It made me realized that I don’t know how to receive very well. I tried to picture myself having a twin sister, giving to myself.  It felt strange to me.  I could not stay focus in the process of receiving, but I did find myself jumping back in forth as a observer and a giver. Wow, this is something I didn’t know about myself.  I’m not sure how to improve it.  This is probably why I am not making a lot of money in my business, because most of my friends never seem to have money to pay my regular prices for services or I either feel guilty and give them discounts or do it for free.  I feel guilty when I can’t help them out.

 I would recommend this experience with others.  I know a lot of people who always take and don’t give and visa versa.  I think you have to have the balance of both receive and giving to benefits the process of being loving and kind to others.  It just makes you more whole.

Mental work is contemplative practices.  It is making a commitment to exercise and practice with some level of effort done on a daily bases. Mental workout has been proven to benefits human life by preparation to respond and to reaction in a way that is kind and giving.  It goes beyond being relaxed, but reflects the progressive development of an expanded consciousness and its healing capacities (Dacher, 2006, pg65).

I would practice mental workout at least once a day either in the morning or in the evening before I go to bed.  So far, I like the meditations given in class.  It has encouraged me to look for other mediation's lesson.  I started to look at color therapy.  That was pretty cool too.  Check out some of the YouTube video below.  Sweet!

Reference:

Dacher, E.(2006).Integral Health The Path of Human Flourishing. Basic Health Publications Inc. Laguna Beach, Ca.