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Tag Archives: Metta
Forgiveness: The Missing Link of Practice
Why is Metta / Lovingkindness so ” hard ” ? How is it even a “thing ” for practitioners ? Practitioners are self-selected, other-interested, motivated. There is born the wish to broadcast loving energy to the world, and to everyone … Continue reading
Posted in Spirituality
Tagged Bhante Vimalaramsi, clarity, forgiveness, letting go, love, lovingkindness, mental hygeine, Metta, secular spirituality, spirituality
Hafiz !
Hafiz ! Can it really be as simple as that ? Just love everyone in every direction always. When do you ever get a break from God ? 8 8 88 888 88888 88888888 8888888888888 … Continue reading
Posted in Love, Poetry & Free Verse, Retreat, Simple Living, Spirituality
Tagged God, Hafez, Hafiz, love, lovingkindness, Metta, poem, poetry, retreat, spirituality
Love: Personal and Impersonal
Over the last year and a half, have noticed a shift in experience of what ” love ” is. It used to come at least sometimes with effusive energy in the heart center. Now even if there is some warm … Continue reading
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Tagged emotional juice, heart, heart center, heart chakra, impersonal love, love, lovingkindness, Metta, personal love, radiant love
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Cage Fight
An exorcism happened here. Depression once lived in this mind, many years ago. Depression showed up in two ways. 1. A pale dullness; the grey emotional backdrop I had grown up with. 2. The deep blue melancholia which began showing … Continue reading
Metta
This past Friday I led a group of meditators in a guided metta meditation. Metta is a Pali word which is often translated as “loving-kindness” although in practice it plays out even more broadly, as goodwill, as respect, as the … Continue reading
Posted in Buddha, Buddhist Practice
Tagged Ajahn Brahm, heart chakra, loving-kindness, meditation, Metta, metta meditation
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