In a nutshell, the exercise and process of
the integral assessment is about where one can look for areas of improvement in
their life and in the four aspects of human
experience (psychospiritual, biological, interpersonal, and worldly).
What I discovered about myself is that I tend to be too hard on myself, so I need to
improve in that area. I also need to improve my attention level still.
I feel like I am stuck at the interpersonal
and wordly level. I think I am in balance in my biological level, but I can
improve upon my psychospiritual level.
I choose to focus on growth and development
all the levels! First I will start with psychospiritual, then worldly and interpersonal.
I chose these areas for personal reasons. I didn’t mind writing about improving
upon being hard on myself, but a few other reasons are something I’d like to
keep to myself. One more that I will share though, is that I have been finding myself way too
annoyed with people lately. I am doing practices to find positive aspects of
people and loving them no matter what, but it’s not sinking in or truly
working. It’s been almost like I’m thinking those things to help, but instead I
still feel a certain disconnect to some people.
After that I can improve upon biological. I
think all people are in need of improvement at different times in their life. I
may “flourish” but I may fall off track and working on improvements is
essential to integral health.
Specific exercises I can use to improve
upon the areas of difficulty in my life are more loving-kindness meditation
practices.
This all sounds awesome! It seems like you are pretty good at looking at your life and are not afraid of digging deeper in order to heal certain parts or behaviors. I also think more loving-kindness exercises would be helpful, I mean they can't hurt right?!
ReplyDeleteHi Heather, it sounds like you had a pretty thorough assessment of yourself and very honest at that! I think that is one of the hardest parts...to be truly honest with ourselves whether it is pointing out our strengths or weaknesses. Setting a goal to improve on all levels is very admirable, I feel that no matter how developed we are there is always room to grow. Best of luck to you!
ReplyDeleteHeather,
ReplyDeleteDo you feel much benefit after doing the loving kindness exercise? I felt like afterwords I need to relax and not hold tension between individuals and let go of things. What are some of your results? I think that this exercise is great and is easy enough for all of us to do on our own time. The book suggests 10 minutes but even so if only 5 minutes is what can be fit into a busy schedule I believe that there will still be benefit.
- David
Heather, I am glad I am not the only one not quite there yet on all these levels. I feel my physical level is probably the most lacking in the biological aspect. I work so many hours and fulltime school I find with little ones at home all my extra time is geared towards their care and not necessarily my own physical health. I am however in the home stretch on school so my plan is to get back on track physically when I graduate to help balance my overall well being. I am also one who likes to keep things to myself but I think you did a great job with the information you have posted! Thanks and have a great day!
ReplyDeleteIn truth, people can be annoying, but keep trying! It sounds like you are making a real effort, so in that regard maybe you can afford not to be too hard on yourself. Sometimes I find that it helps to take a moment to collect my self before leaving the house and engaging with others. With some people in some situations, I just need to be mentally prepared--kind of like stretching or warming up before a workout.
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