I had to do this practice 3 times
the first two times it irritated me as I couldn’t let go of what was going on
throughout the house. But the third time I resigned myself to the practice and
when I lost connection and focus I would let go of the distraction by focusing
on my breathing, I saw an elder from church. When I saw the elder I experienced
a sense of peace, and tranquility. I did not see the light but when I thought
of his mind; I sensed the wisdom that he carried when he spoke. When I thought
of the throat I noticed how gentle his words were and when I thought of the
heart I noticed all the loving service he did for others (his mission work, the
way he always took time to talk with people, and pray with them). When I sat
with him on the shore of the water that was in the background I felt a sense of
peace, silence, like I had no care in the world.
The saying “One cannot lead another
where one has not gone himself” In my world that statement says a lot. I use to
sell a car product, I used it for a year before I committed to selling it as I
wanted to know the product and believe in it before I put my name behind it.
The same with this saying and the health and wellness profession, to best help
your clients you must believe in what you tell them. If it doesn’t help you and
you don’t believe in it, it won’t help them. It seems the more we do these
practices the more enlightened I feel I’m not sure about the wisdom part but
the calmness I see on a regular base. Things just don’t seem to affect me as
much as they use to, I feel I have more patience and understanding.
Pam12
I'm feeling the same way as I practice and read the material I've developed a welcomed calmness and my blood pressure is consistently within normal range. I've definitely risen to a new level and my mind seems to be absorbing much more easily. Your experience with Aesclepius was much like mine. I loved that you sat with him on the shore at the end. I'll incorporate that myself. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteLike Karen said in her comment, the part you mentioned about sitting by the shore with your mentor in Meeting Asclepius was really a gift in your meditation. Thank you for sharing that and with the sounds of the waves I too shall use that next time I do the visualization. I have all of the downloaded in i-Tunes to listen to as my meditations until I can buy more and add to them. I really like listening and doing the visualizing....I feel calmer, more self-confident, and stronger to take on any struggles I am going through. I am sure my biology likes it as well...by this I mean my heart rate, blood pressure, nervous system...
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that is true the way that you said that "we have to believe in what we tell to a patient" first place we need credibility and be secure about our profession and love what we do, to do a better performance about.
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