Loving Kindness -

I enjoyed the exercise of loving-kindness; the discipline that it takes to relax and focus just for 15 minutes was challenging, yet, invigorating. With the business of our lives today, more than ever we should make the time for ourselves, for meditation, prayer, I like to refer to it as “quiet time.”

These times are very beneficial. It offers the space to explore your thoughts, look and listen for solutions, offer forgiveness, ask for forgiveness. And, of course send loving-kindness to your sphere of influence.

This wasn’t difficult, but, because of my extensive Christian training, I had to substitute different thoughts, than what was suggested. Example – taking in a love-ones suffering and allowing it to dissolve in your heart – My former teaching says, that the burden/suffering should be placed at the feet of Christ. So that’s what I did. See the gospel of Matthew 11:28-30. 

I would recommend this exercise of loving-kindness. As it was noted, when you offer loving kindness, loving kindness is given back to you. I love the notion of diminishing our self-centeredness to the benefit of others.

In today’s society we love to jog, play golf and tennis; go to the gym to get a good workout. Well, the same must be done with our delicate, yet strong and expandable minds. They must be used, trained and exercised, at least an hour a day. The whole story is still unwritten relative to the full capacity of the human mind. But, what we do know is that a positive calming thought life will promote a strong physical body.