Live A Life Of Loving Kindness

Session by session, and beginning with gentle thoughts of Loving-Kindness applied to yourself, you will be encouraged to extend kind thoughts in ever-widening circles until the whole of existence has been saturated with your positive vibes.

Lección 1: Loving Kindness - Welcome

The lesson explains the value of the practice of Loving Kindness or Metta as it is known in Buddhism and how over the course of 12 lessons the listener will be guided to offer Metta to the entire universe.

Lección 2: Loving Kindness - The Self

We direct loving-kindness to ourselves, reflecting back over our life stages, the joys the sadnesses, the hopes, the fears, the successes and failures, all the ups and downs as we tumbled along life's way bringing us in gratitude to today

Lección 3: Loving Kindness - The Most Loved

In this meditation, we extend lovingkindness to the person or persons in our life that we love the most. We picture them in our mind's eye, reflect lovingly upon them and give thanks for a relationship that means so much.

Lección 4: Loving Kindness - Family

We extend loving kindness to our family. These relationships are among our most significant and enduring connections. These bonds can provide incredible support and joy. As the saying goes “blood is thicker than water”

Lección 5: Loving Kindness - Friends

Friendship is so important. We read how the world is suffering from an epidemic of loneliness in a time when we have never had more means of communication. This requires a remedy. We offer lovingkindness to our friends

Lección 6: Loving Kindness - Acquaintances

In this lesson we reflect upon people whom we might describe as vague acquaintances, the near strangers we interact with daily, people we meet in shops and supermarkets, people we pass as we go about our day, We see how they too can benefit from loving kindness thoughts.

Lección 7: Loving Kindness - Service Providers

In this lesson we see the value of extending lovingkindness to our unsung heroes, from sanitation workers and delivery drivers to grocery clerks and public transport employees. So many people play crucial roles without which our day-to-day existence would be significantly more challenging.

Lección 8: Loving Kindness - LIfe's Tapestry

Our lives have been influenced by so many. People come and go in the course of our lives and in this lesson we reflect on the importance of sending thoughts of love and kindness to those who have been part of our journey

Lección 9: Loving Kindness - Difficult People

By everyday measures some people do not merit the receipt of a lovingkindness reflection. But with mindfulness practice we see that thoughts of love and kindness cannot remain in the closed circle of the people we know and love.

Lección 10: Loving Kindness - Digital Friends

We move on in this part to think about our digital friends, individuals with whom we interact with the aid of technology. These may be long-standing colleagues and friends but more particularly new connections made through online hobby or interest groups. What a wonderful world.

Lección 11: Loving Kindness - People Of The World

In Lesson 11 we see you we can call to mind all the people of this Earth, people of every race, colour and creed, people in all circumstances, and how it is possible to extend thoughts of lovingkindness to each and every one.

Lección 12: Loving Kindness - Cosmos

In this final lesson we extend loving-kindness to all sentient beings everywhere. We offer love not only to this beautiful planet which has given life to everything that has ever lived upon it but right out to the furthest reaches of the cosmos.

Reviews

This was inspiring. I am trying to practice loving kindness every night, before starting meditation, for all the beings of our wonderful Earth 🌍Thank you for this course 🙏

A lovely approach to sharing metta with ourselves, loved ones and then in an ever-widening circle of encompassing generosity. Thank you for your beautiful words, Tony; they are truly inspiring.

Excellent course. Small bite sized moments to really make it easy to say yes and complete. Thank you - my goal has been to take time for loving kindness daily for all beings and this earth.
Many blessings upon you. Grateful for this journey with you

Thank you for sharing this loving kindness meditation practice that starts with the individual and extends to the world. 🙏

So enjoyed time I spend listen to you, it went straight to my heart , thank you

Tony always offers profound, simple, basic and essential ways to be better, do better and live with joy.

I thoroughly enjoyed this course. I have been familiar with and practised loving kindness through the past Meditation retreats. I very much enjoyed the reinvigoration of this practice and its succinct yet rich approach. Thank you, kerstin

Thank you Tony for this wonderful course. Loving kindness is an attitude I can bring into all I do every day and helps me to feel that I am contributing something positive to this world. Your teaching has helped me to solidify this attitude.

This course was a perfect way for me to begin my day.
And, also to rejoin the ACLU and Greenpeace. Time to get involved.

I send loving kindness to the great teacher, to everyone here and all over the world 🌸❤️🙏

I wish everyone thought like you Tony - the world would be a much better place! Thank you so much for putting together this course and all the other meditations you share on Insight Timer 🙏

Each day of the course put me in a better state of mind. Thanks Tony 🙏🏻

Such a lovely course! I throughly enjoyed it! Thank you 🩷🩷💚💚

What a beautiful course and much needed in the current state of our country and the world.

Thank you, Tony.

An extended course, or longer sessions would be lovely. Metta is so versatile and helpful and your gentle guidance makes it memorable and accessible. Namaste.

Beautiful, inspiring, peaceful loving kindness meditation. Thank you for this course! Similar courses would be wonderful!! I Highly recommend this course to everyone! Peace be with you all…🙏

Thank you for bringing me to the interconnectedness of our existence. It helps ground me as I focus loving energy to all.

Fantastic! And the lovingkindness prayer that summed it all up on Day 12 was beautiful. Thank you, Tony. Namaste. 🙏

An easy, informative and inspiring way to approach a loving kindness practice. I want to store Tony’s prompts in a meditation journal — so many lovely, helpful ones.

Thank you 🙏 I'm practicing Metta after every hour doing Vipassana.