Metta Meditation - To All Beings

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:

https://keithnoyesblog.blogspot.com/2018/09/metta.html

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"

https://youarelovenow.com/2020/02/12/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