We are giving metta and sending out prayer this weekend. If you or a loved one needs a miracle (love) please post your name here. If you would like to give metta/healing, please work from the list below. What is Metta? Metta is a Buddhist practice in which you repeat and send out intentions of good will toward yourself, others and the world at large. It bridges meditation and chanting, and its power comes from the repetition which serves to focus the mind and intention on a central thought or theme, shutting out distracting thoughts and giving your full mental energy to the intention at hand. Opening the Heart with Metta Excerpt from Subtle Energy: Awakening to the Unseen Forces in Our Lives by William Collinge On my own, I found myself wanting to include people Id had conflicts and difficulties with, including my father with whom Ive always had a very painful relationship. The more I did it, the more love I felt, my heart felt more and more expansive, which became a wonderfully pleasurable experience. The feeling would carry over into my day, and I would look forward to doing it again the next day. It also made it easier to be with by cousin and her husband, who in the past had been very difficult and demanding. It was much easier for me to just accept them rather than be in conflict with them. We ended up having this wonderful trip together, and he even became more loving in the process. There are many ways to practice metta, which is sometimes also called a loving kindness meditation. (There is a guided exercise in this at the end of this chapter.) One form is as follows: May I be peaceful. May I be happy. May I be well. May I be safe. May I be free from suffering. May all beings be peaceful. May all beings be happy. May all beings be well. May all beings be safe. May all beings be free from suffering. You can visualize the person, groups of people, and then the world as a whole. As you send metta, reflect on the words above, or repeated the words slowly. Pause slightly between phrases for contemplation and absorption of the intention. 1. Start your meditation by focusing metta on self 2. Continue by focusing on people you know and like 3. Shift your focus onto people you dislike 4. Then focus on people you dont know 5. Broaden your focus to encompass the whole planet It is a common practice in Buddhist tradition to give metta as a formal, daily, spiritual practice, and there are even meditation retreats in which this constitutes the whole practice day in and day out for a week or more. The emphasis is not so much on sound vibration as on being absorbed in the repetition of the mental intention. Practitioners universally report that such practice opens the heart and creates deep feelings of peacefulness and harmony. Metta or loving-kindness is a heart meditation and should not to be seen as just a formal sitting practice removed from everyday life. Its important to also take your good vibes outside onto the streets, at home, at work and into your relationships. Applying the practice to daily life is a matter of directing a friendly attitude and having openness toward everybody you relate to, without discrimination. There are as many different ways of doing this practice as there are levels of intensity in the practice. The introduction here, is intended to help you familiarize yourself with the basic technique, so that you can become established in the practice.
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