Buddhists cultivate compassion through a meditation practice known as the “metabhavana” or “loving kindness meditaton”. This involves sitting silently with eyes closed for about 20 minutes while succesively bringing to mind someone you find it easy to love, then someone toward whom you feel indifferent, then someone you find difficult to love, and finally yourself….
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Love
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes,…
And A Meadow Lark Sang
And A Meadow Lark Sang The child whispered, “God, speak to me.” And a meadow lark sang, but the child did not hear. So the child yelled, “God, speak to me!” And the thunder rolled across the sky, but the child did not listen. The child looked around and said, “God let me see you.”…
Understanding the distractions of life
With a new understanding, both painful and humorous, I begin to understand why the saints were rarely married women. I am convinced it has nothing to do, as I once supposed, with chastity or children. It has to do primarily with distractions. The bearing, rearing, feeding and educating of children; the running of a house…
Self Love – Healing your body
Light waves are electromagnetic radiation that comes to us from the sun. Their frequencies are such that they have a positive impact on our bodies. Gamma radiation is also a type of electromagnetic energy at a different frequency that has a very destructive effect on our bodies. Thoughts and intentions also generate energetic fields that…
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