All of our actions and thoughts are not without motive. Whether we are aware of those motives or not can make a dramatic difference in the way we live or lives. We need to ask ourselves do we really care about others? Are we helping them only for our own sense of satisfaction? To practice Universal Loving Kindness requires that we understand what we do and why we do it. We need to look within ourselves and identify what we are striving for. We are always trying to improve ourselves; such is the nature of being human. The question we must ask ourselves is how?
There are four areas in which we can strive to improve. Biological, worldly, interpersonal, and psychospiritual. Everyone is striving to improve something in their lives and most everything can fall into these 4 categories. Personally I tend to bounce between a few every so often. I am going through a shift as we speak. I have recently improved the "Worldly" aspects of my life and now feel as if I need to focus more on the biological aspects of my life. Though my career and lifestyle have improved, I have neglected my fitness. This is something that is not like me! I am now returning my focus on making my body healthy... sheding fat and improving my athleticism. It is difficult for people to focus on more than one aspect of their lives but i feel that perhaps we should try. It has been my experience that focusing too much on one area tends to alienate the others, causing them to stagnate or even regress. We exist within all for realms simultaneously and therefore should have our minds in all four realms simultaneously as well. I encourage all of you to pick something from each area of wellness to improve upon and strive to slowly improve them all. This would help create or restore balance. Wouldn't that be nice?
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