Happy Valentines Day!
A meditation Gift for you….called LOVING KINDNESS or METTA
Do you think about giving love to yourself first on Valentines Day?
LOVING OURSELVES FIRST- Rejoicing in our own goodness fills us with joy and love for ourselves and a great deal of self-respect. By first practicing Metta toward ourselves we are building the essential foundation for being able to offer genuine love to others. Contemplating the goodness within ourselves is a classical meditation, done to bring light, joy and rapture to the mind.
Joy has so much capacity to eliminate separation that the Buddha said, “Rapture is the gateway to Nirvana.”
Imagine you are in the middle of a circle of light or an egg shell and begin with contemplation on yourself:
Reflect on the good things you have done such as recollecting times when you have been generous or times you have been caring. Perhaps you can think of a time when it would have been easy to hurt somebody, or tell a lie, or to be dismissive, yet you made the effort not to do that. Perhaps you can think of a time when you overcame some fear, reached out to someone, or had the courage to change and give something up that freed you.
Once you feel appreciation for your self repeat the Metta in your mind 3 x’s
Loving Kindness -Metta–
May I be at peace
May my heart remain open
May I awaken to the light of my own true nature
May I be healed, may I be a source of healing to all beings.
(This particular Metta I am sharing comes from author Joan “Borysenko)
If we are practicing Metta and we cannot see the goodness in ourselves or in someone else at certain times, then we reflect on the fundamental wish to be happy that underlies all action.
“Just as I want to be happy, all beings want to be happy.”
If you wish you can then send your loving kindness out to our world.
See the earth from outer space and add a circle of light around it as you say-
May there be peace on earth
May all beings hearts remain open
May everyone awaken to the light of their own true natures
May all be healed, and be a healing to all that is
Metta is based on Buddhist philosophy. recommends detachment- We are planting seeds; don’t be attached to the outcome. We form the intention in our minds for our happiness and the happiness of all. Intention is enough, don’t worry about immediate results; just as seed are planted in the spring and the harvest is in the fall. We do our work and settle back and the benefits will surely come.
May you have a Beautiful Magical day
Big Love,
Margarit
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