Review the exercises and practice sessions you have completed in this course. (Loving Kindness, Subtle mind, Visualization, meditation etc.) Choose two practices that you have determined to be most beneficial. How can you implement these practices in your personal life to foster “mental fitness”? Provide specific examples.
I believe that the two examples that I thought were most beneficial were the subtle mind and meditation in general are the best practices for me. I enjoyed the subtle mind practice because it allows us to bring focus to our breathing and focus on that. Focusing on my breathing allowed me to not drift away and my mind could focus more so than on the other exercises. I feel that in order to obtain “mental fitness” we need to be able to focus and train our minds to become tame and not get distracted as easily. I feel that the subtle mind and meditation allows me to do this more effectively than the others. I can implement these into my personal life by doing them on a daily basis. I think that meditation and focusing on my breathing will make my mind more calm and allow me to become a more patient loving person. In order to achieve mental fitness, it has to be worked on every day in order to achieve the results that lead to human flourishing.
This course has made a difference in my life in learning to clear my mind and focus on the important things in life and push aside the things that are not important that only hold us back and add stress that is not necessary for us to live on ;)
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