Unit 4 mental workouts

You know I have spent the last few days talking with my sister about this course and the difficulties I am having with it. I am very stuck in my ways and in my beliefs. But I was not always this way. I studied many different religions from Buddhism, taoism, harrikrishna, wiccan practices, and so on. I was raised in a Godly home too, which was surprising to many when I began my own journey on what I believed. SO after many years on what I now know as the wrong path I found what I was missing. My personal relationship with Christ. How does this pertain to mental exercise? Well for the most part from what I understand mental exercise is how we train and program our thoughts and mind. I had to teach myself how to pray and study GOD's word. I didn't just miraculously change over night. I have been fighting this meditation and grounding stuff in this course when I should be looking at it in a more loving and open way. I already meditate on God's word, I already breathe out love when I speak in a fashion honoring to Him, I already am grounded to this earth because of my undying devotion to God. I just had not mag=de the connection to how it is relative to this course till now. I have to train my mind to recognize the similarities,and how to slow down and meditate in His word. I still do not like the audio, but I can still simulate what is being asked of us through the audio into what I know God would want me to be focusing and meditating on. Just because it do not feel like I am the holistic type of person does not mean I can not be open to try new ways to allow God to speak to me. I listen to GOD not the earth. This is just my eye opener for the day and how mental exercise can be incorporated in any area of life and practice and made to fit any belief system. Psalm 49:3 "....And the meditation of my heart shall give understanding." SO my mental exercise is to learn and train my mind how to meditate in GOd's word, open up my mind to learn different techniques that can hopefully help my stressors, and thought process. THank for reading! :)