Loving-Kindness

I found this exercise to be more difficult han that last. I tried to do it after work this morning, and before my son got up for the day. He got up about half way through it, and I was having a bit of mental chatter from the day, I would also find my mind wandering when thinking about the groups of people we were supposed to think about. Instead of fully focusing on loving-kindness and healing I would be thinking about the person, or people and would try to refocus. It will definitely take practice to get this exercise down, now I see why he has us focus on this for a week instead of reading. Getting the mind to focus and stay focused and to be able to maintain such focus is a mental workout. I can see it being very beneficial when controlling your emotions. For me fighting my negative thoughts would be much easier with a well trained mind. I will continue to do mental workouts. I also think it would help with things like memory because you would be able to concentrate your focus much better and more deliberately. Right now the exercise felt a little long and tedious but I will continue to practice, because I want a well trained mind, and I want that to lead to psychospiritual growth.