When You Can't Help Them: A Metta Practice

A short metta practice, the loving-kindness meditation, for someone you love who is going through something you cannot fix. You bring them to mind, picture where they might be right now, and offer four simple wishes three times, each one quieter than the last. At the end the same wish turns back toward you. A calm voice and soft felt piano stay close. About four minutes.
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Transcript

Is there someone on your mind right now? Someone going through a hard stretch. And nothing you do can fix it. Metta is an old practice of wishing someone well. It asks nothing of them. It only asks you to mean it. Sit the way you are sitting. Feel the weight of your hands Breathe out a little longer than you breathe in. Now bring them to mind. Not the problem. Just their face the way it looks when they are tired. Picture where they might be at this hour. A kitchen. Car. A hospital corridor. A bed they cannot sleep in. May you be safe. May this ease even a little. You May you sleep tonight. May you feel less alone. Again slower as if they could hear you. May you be safe. May this ease even a little. May you sleep tonight. May you feel less alone. Once more, Almost without words. Safe. Easing. Sleeping, Not alone. Worry holds them tight. A wish holds them loosely. Both are love. And only one lets you breathe. Now the same wish, Turn toward the one who has been worrying. May I be safe. May this ease in me too. Later today. When they cross your mind. Send it again. In four words or in one. Namaste.

Reviews

Thank you... I was thinking of my mother... we have lost my Dad a couple of weeks ago...🙏