In Unit 6 we practiced the universal loving kindness exercise, and an integral assessment. I have to say that the loving kindness exercise seemed very familiar to me, that's because I used to watch this movie called "The Secret" which was based off of law of attraction, this means that whatever you think and feel (actual feeling, the kind you get in your stomach) the most you eventually will see it come to in your life. In the movie they say how if you want to truly be happy in life you must exercise that feeling everyday you wake up by saying "thank-you" and showing gratitude throughout each and everyday. One exercise was to go to a near by stream or lake and pick out a little quarter size stone, and put it in your pocket everyday. Every time you touch the stone you have to say to yourself what you are thankful for. So the loving kindness exercise reminded me of that because after about 5 minutes of repeating those phrases I was getting the same genuinely good feeling that I got with the stone exercise.
As for the Integral Assessment, I noticed that I am not happy biologically which in turn is also having an effect on my interpersonal level. Biologically I am not at the weight I would like to be, also I am not meeting my nutritional goals. It has become very hard to eat during work because of how busy it has been, and I'm the type of person that wont stop working to eat if I feel that I'm behind schedule. So because of this it will sometimes get me down and question myself (interpersonal). In order to fix this, I have come to the realization that sometimes its better to stop and eat, that way I can think about how to approach my next project etc. Both of these areas need healing, however, both of these areas can also jump to the next level of growth and development. Just by doing this blog new ideas are flowing through my head on how to proceed to my next goal; cooking my meals for the next couple day all at once, waking up an hour early to prepare my meal or doing it before I go to bed the night before, getting to work early and cooking my daily meals there since I'm an executive chef. These are very easy ways to get back on track, now its just up to me to implement these into my daily routine.
Jr Woolson
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