We expand or awareness of our interconnectedness as humans when we practice Metta for both the "Neutral Person" and the "Difficult Person". Sometimes the Difficult Person can be ourselves. The end of this Guided Practice offers a compassion practice for oneself.
Our actions are often driven by unconscious or conflicting intentions. How can we align with wholesome intentions and cultivate wholesome mindstates? Based on the Dvedhāvitakkasutta the talk discusses the importance of renunciation, metta and compassion for the path and the transformation of the heart.
Teachings on how to practice metta for ourselves, including poetry by Jane Hirshfield and a story by Father Gregory Boyle. Guided practice in receiving care and sending love to our younger self.
The First Four Principles
~Settling Sit
~Teachings on Individualism and Community
~Teachings on the Six Principles of Cordiality
~Guided Meditation
(Bio break- not recorded)
~Lightly Guided Meditation: Generosity and Metta
~Teachings on Metta (Lovingkindness)
~Teachings on Generosity
~Lightly Guided Meditation
(Ritual - not recorded)
