Metta Meditation Part Deux
02.12.2020
Family
medical issues in the Spring of 2018
led me to struggling
with my meditation practice
just when I
knew I needed to keep it going.
To aid in
whatever came next,
to not let
fear become my master.
I wrote a
blog post
about one of
the meditations
that really
resonated with me:
Today February 12, 2020,
the Metta
meditation was again referred to.
It starts
with:
May I Be
Happy,
May I Be
Well,
May I Be
Safe,
May I Be At
Peace.
Then shift
the focus
to someone
you love with:
May You Be
Happy,
May You Be
Well,
May You be
Safe,
May You Be
At Peace.
The last
repetition
is with
someone you have an issue with.
So today, it was revisited with a twist.
We were told
to open our
hearts as we did this.
"Place
your hands on your heart
with the
intention
of opening
your heart wide."
The final
part
was expanded
"to All Beings."
I Wish For All Beings To Be Happy,
I Wish All
Beings To Be Well,
I Wish All
Beings To Be Safe,
I Wish All
Beings To Be At Peace.
This time the meditation moved me even more
than the
many times I have done it
over these
last few years.
So touched I
was
that I
listened to the guided Metta meditation
a second
time.
As I did,
it deepened
my connection even more.
As it was
concluding,
this filled
my awareness,
"May I
Love Myself As Much As the One Loves Us All."
A dear friend writes a blog.
Her blog
today is "A Hand Of Love"
As I read my
friend Sandy's post,
I was struck
by
how much it
was like an answer
to my
meditation experience.
"let
your Soul's knowing rise up to greet you…
…see with
your heart, as your Soul rejoices."
At lunch, I told my wife about my meditation.
That Sandy's
message today
was an apt
description of how I felt.
This feeling
that we all are connected
to something
so vast
and so very
loving was palpable.
Tears of joy
graced my eyes,
my arms were
awash with truth shivers.
I, too, was
rejoicing with my Soul
over the
connection we made this morning.
All My Love Always, Keith
