Hello Class,
Honestly I still have some growing to do because I could not
do this meditation. I did this twice and with different people. The first
feeling I felt was partly selfish and ego because it was guilt. I felt like I
should have been thinking of my father. I went to Malcolm X first and then Gandhi.
I could not become someone else even in meditation. I tried my hardness to get
the visualization, different things from them, and try to see myself as them.
There was nothing in me that could. Though I can see where respecting,
understanding, and thinking of someone else would help in this exercise. I have
to be honest in saying I could not complete this meditation successfully.
I think the statement is simply about struggle and
experience. Not to mention that it’s good to practice what we preach when
dealing with patients. For instance
meditation in my view is something we have to practice and walk through to
truly convey how the experience it and how to guide someone through it. I do
believe I have these obligations of having the wisdom and knowledge to aid as a
tool in their development as they have reached out to me for that guidance. I
think taking the methods learned in this course and making a plan to do it
daily. I think constantly reading, growing, meditating, letting go, and knowing
my stress trigger will all be things I try to do from now on in order to grow
psychologically and spiritually.
Thanks,
Ebony
Ebony
ReplyDeleteI definitely can relate with you regarding this exercise. I too felt guilt for not thinking of my father. I thought of someone that I used to work for who was very much like a father figure to me, and someone who I looked up to and respected. He was very wise and very spiritual. However, I could not feel the connection. I could not visualize his face, nor could I visualize the white light. Then when I had to visualize the white light coming from me that made it even harder. I haven't had any trouble with the other exercises though, just this one. Not sure why this one was harder than the others, but it does make me feel a little bit better to know that I wasn't the only one who had trouble.
I guess I just need to do this several more times until I get it right. I do not think that meditation is something that can happen the first time successfully. Maybe for some people it can, but not for me.