Going through this assignment I have been asked
to rate myself on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being optimal on my physical well-being
I rank myself a 6. I say this because I
am not at my peak I have a lot of work to do and in order for me to reach my
optimal goal I have to lose some weight and become healthier. In order to reach this goal I need to get to
the gym (which I pay for every month) and get my butt in gear.
Ranking myself in spiritual well-being I will
have to say 2 I am not a spiritual person.
I do not pray and I am not religious.
I am getting better in this because of my work environment I do have to
be more spiritual. A goal for this would be to at least get it up to a 5 I will
not be a spiritual person but I may so a little more at work so that way they
know that I am at least trying. In order
to reach this goal I have to accept the fact that just because I am not spiritual
or religious but others are and to
accept that they are not pushing me to become part of their spirit or religion
but to be a part of their life to help heal them.
And finally ranking myself on psychological
well-being I would think that I am a 6 I am happy and when I am happy I feel
happy. My goal for this I would like to
get to the optimal 10 and in order to get there I would have to get better in myself
acceptance. I feel an exercise that I
can do to reach this goal would be to us relaxing techniques that promote self-worth.
In the relaxation exercise The Crime of the
Century I thought to myself that this is not going to be very relaxing but the
way the author speaks is very relaxing and the deep breathing almost put me to
sleep. This was very beneficial to me
because lately my husband and I have been fighting and after listening to this
I feel that we can work this out with the color imagining state. My body is calm and relaxed. I want to get this one an MP3 as well so I can keep my body calm and relaxed just before I go to work every morning.
Hi Jacquelyn,
ReplyDeleteI may be mistaken but I do not look at the spirituality Dacher is speaking about to be religious. I see it as being able to reason, staying calm, a sense of unity of one self. Dacher says on p. 40 that "psychospiritual development is unity consciousness...;...state of clarity, peace, alertness, wisdom, oneness and grace".
For me, this does not define but may be part, of my religious belief. Because of this, I think an agnostic can obtain psychospiritual levels for whole health. What do you think? Have an awesome Sunday. Deb C
Every once in a while I debate with myself what it means to be religious/spiritual. It seems that the most visible (certainly the most vocal) Christians advocate a very emotional faith. I have never been very comfortable with emotion and consequently have not been very comfortable with this take on religion/Christianity. I usually come to the conclusion that every individual experiences religion in their own way which makes it pretty much impossible to demand that everyone have the same emotional experience. So even though my take on Christianity/religion is more cerebral than emotional, it is no less valid. I think this may not be too different from what you said.
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