Week 2 Loving-Kindness to Those We Love
“We all are so deeply interconnected; we have no option but to love all.”
—Amit Ray, Yoga and Vipassana: An Integrated LIfe Style
Hopefully, you started the Metta practice last week and focused on yourself, sending compassionate words of kindness three times a day. This week it gets easier, sending the words to those we love. Loving-kindness does start within, but it can be difficult for some people. This next part may be easier. Ideally, we would continue the individual practice and this next one. Everything is a practice.
Think about one person living or not, or multiple people, or a group of people, or possibly you are already open enough to send these messages to every life that touches yours. It doesn’t matter, small or extensive, the practice builds on itself.
To repeat last week’s practice:
May I be safe
May I be healthy
May I be happy
May I be at ease
May I be filled with loving-kindness
May I be peaceful
And then sending to those we love:
May you be safe
May you be healthy
May you be happy
May you be at ease
May you be filled with loving-kindness
May you be peaceful
Three times a day, a small step to creating a more compassionate world.