unit 7 meditative practices

Unit 7 meditative practices.

My meditative practices for this week have been very good at pushing me accept that I cannot please my mother. Psychologically I understand that I must live my life in way that is balanced and productive for the person that I am and that my mother has expectations that do not apply to my life or the person that I am. I have accepted these facts and am happy psychologically and spiritually about this, the conflict is how to deal with a mother who does not understand why her values/expectations do not fit into my life and to stop changing who I am to please her when she is around. Changing yourself to fit someone else’s expectations/beliefs even for a short time causes a lot of stress and stress related illness. To foster greater health and wellness I must continue to be myself even around my mother and accept that her goals/values are not mine and while she will always find fault and try to change things to the way she believes is right I can only acknowledge the way she feels, understand that she is not trying to hurt me but make me happier and accept that while she will not change I cannot change just to please her even for a short time because that is only hurting myself.

The saying “one cannot lead another where one has not gone himself” is self-explanatory. If you have never eaten ice-cream you cannot describe the taste or texture to someone else. If you have never changed a tire you cannot teach someone else how to change a tire. The blind leading the blind only leads to trouble ok by some very lucky coincidences you may get the tire changed correctly but they instances of that happening are very few and far between. When applied to a health and wellness professional if you have not gone looking for health and wellness you will not be able to lead someone else to the path of health and wellness. If you are a health and wellness professional it is your professional obligation to your clients to be the example and lead by example. I can implement psychological and spiritual growth within my personal life by increasing my meditation to a daily practice, as it is now I only meditate about 4 times a week and practicing loving kindness daily, that is all day every day.