Worldwide Healing Of Love

Jack Kornfield offers this guided, healing energy practice and metta (loving kindness) practice. However difficult the times, suffering is not the end of the story. Love is. May your spirit be strong. May you be safe and protected. May you be filled with deep healing. May you be held by love.

Transcript

Healing of Love for Us and for the World Hello dear ones,

In this time of great global difficulty amidst the coronavirus pandemic,

Along with our practices of compassion and of mindful loving awareness that steady our bodies and our hearts and our response to the suffering around us,

It's important to bring a strong healing energy into the world.

This is the practice of the healing heart,

The visioning of protection and renewal carried by love.

It's time to be the medicine,

The uplifting music,

The lamp in the darkness,

Time to be a carrier of hope,

Time to burst out with love.

The human family needs this medicine,

Your body needs this medicine.

Remember,

After every great hardship,

Life refreshes itself.

Every spring,

The crocuses and plum trees bloom,

The wobbly newborn fawns wander fresh grasses,

Spring showers cleanse the land.

Within you,

In every cell and fiber,

In the depths of your body and your heart,

Is a healing power,

The unstoppable power of renewal and love.

However difficult the times and the passage,

Suffering is not the end of the story,

Love is.

Let us practice the healing of love together.

Sit in a way that's comfortable and easy,

Taking your seat on this earth and allow your eyes to close gently.

Take two or three deep breaths and release whatever tension you can as you do.

And sense your whole body and heart and thank them for holding so much and caring for you.

And now invite in the protection of the best of your ancestors and of all great awakened beings.

Just as the strings of a violin on the table will resonate when a violin is played nearby,

Know that as you practice,

You are resonating with thousands of others in this healing and love.

So let's begin the practice.

Start where it's easy.

Think of someone you care about,

An uncomplicated relationship to whom you can send healing energy and love.

Visualize,

Remember,

Picture them and let yourself feel your natural caring.

Let an image come of them playing as a child and picture their happiest moments,

Their joy,

Their sharing,

Delight,

Laughing,

Running,

Playing.

This is the child of the spirit,

The original goodness born in them.

It is still there.

Wherever they are now,

Whatever they're going through,

Under it all is this life spirit,

Their best self.

Picture them as they are now in your mind's eye and gaze at them tenderly with the eyes of love.

And wishing well from your heart,

Imagine you can surround them,

Body,

Heart,

And mind,

With a healing energy.

For some it helps to envision sending a golden light shining around them.

And now softly whisper in your own mind and heart these phrases,

These heartfelt intentions.

May your spirit be strong.

May you be safe and protected.

May you be filled with deep healing and goodness.

May you be held by love.

And as you offer these healing wishes,

Know that sometimes they will feel strong.

Sometimes they may feel mechanical or even bring up other feelings.

Offer healing and love through it all.

Visualizing them,

May your spirit be strong.

May you be safe and protected.

May you be filled with deep healing and goodness.

May you be held by love.

And now imagine or see them gazing back at you,

Looking at you and all that you've been through,

And seeing you with the same eyes of love,

With the same tenderness.

And they wish for you what you had wished for them.

They say,

May your spirit also be strong.

May you too stay safe and protected.

May you be filled with deep healing and goodness.

May you be held by love.

And taking in their well wishing,

Just as they wish it for you,

You can wish this for yourself.

Place a hand on your heart perhaps,

And letting the healing energy increase.

May my spirit be strong.

And may I too be safe and protected.

May I be filled with deep healing and goodness.

May I be held by love.

Continue again,

Reciting and well wishing of yourself.

May my spirit be strong.

May I be safe and protected.

May I be filled with healing and goodness.

May I be held by love.

And now let the heart open further and envision surrounding you a circle of loved ones,

Of family or close friends,

Those you care about.

And as you gaze and see this circle of beings,

And see through the eyes of love and tenderness,

All they've been through,

All that human life has brought them.

Extending your healing energy.

May your spirits be strong.

May you be safe and protected.

May you be filled with healing and goodness.

May you be held by love.

And as your heart opens,

Let yourself become like a lighthouse,

A beacon,

A fountain of healing energy and love.

And extended from this circle of loved ones out radiating across the lands and the ocean to beings everywhere,

To all the humans going through the difficulties and the magnificence of human life together.

To everyone radiating out,

May your spirits be strong.

May you be safe and protected.

May you be filled with healing and goodness.

May you be held by love.

And now lift your hands on each side,

Maybe 12 inches from your body,

And imagine that you could hold hands with two loved ones or people you care about,

And that they could hold hands with someone else they care about,

And that person could hold hands with others they care about,

And on and on it would extend until we're holding hands with every human being across the globe,

Extending hands to those we know,

To those we care about.

And feel that you can offer a healing energy through your heart and hands,

A support together.

May our spirit be strong.

May we be safe and protected.

May we be filled with deep healing and goodness.

May we be held by love.

And with this,

Feel a renewal of vision,

The healing energy that is truly caring and connected,

That can create a visionary,

Beautiful,

Compassionate,

Peaceful world.

Coming out of all that we go through,

Let us allow the healing of our own hearts,

The healing of the hearts of everyone to rise up so that our actions and thoughts come from a deep place of love,

Compassion,

Connection and care.

This is who we are,

And this is what we can become altogether.

Reviews

Just what I needed this morning—sending healing love to all. Namaste!🙏 🙏🙏🙏

Such a beautiful variation on the traditional metta practice, thank you. 🙏🏻 As valid & necessary today as it was when it was recorded during the pandemic. So many beings in the world today - human & other species - need the gifts of strength, healing, care & compassion. 💖

such a beautiful meditation especially for these dark and trying times for humanity.

This is a beautiful timeless meditation. Your voice is so calm, gentle and loving. Thank you 🙏💝

This meditation remains perfect over four years later. Sending these wishes out to all my fellow COVID longhaulers navigating the trials of chronic illness.

Just what I needed to hear this morning. Thank you 🙏

So healing and connecting. Thank you for this gem 💎 🧡

Incredible. I needed to forgive so much. This meditation was great for that 👏🏻🤍

Thank you so much 🙏🏽 How beautiful. And beautifully written too. I’m grateful you shared this meditation. 💙🌈☮️

Thank you. This loving meditation broke my heart wide open 💕

Thank you 🙏 I know you made this during the pandemic but the reminder to be a peaceful, hopeful, and healing presence to our hurting and divided world is so needed right now. I send this metta especially to those who are hurting in Gaza and Israel and beyond. ✨🤍🕊️

Thank you for this beautiful meditation. During such difficult times in the world, this brought me a sense of hope and peace. 🫶🏽

Such a lovely meditation. Thank you for bringing this healing energy into the world and to myself. Sending love to you. 🩵🌟🩵🦋

Healing to the world 🌎always relevant thank you 🙏

Thank you for the gift of this softening heart. May you blessed coming and going, may you be protected and held in love

Loving meditation, so relevant for our times. Thank you Jack.

Beautiful. I love your compassionate teachings. Thank you for this powerful healing practice. 💛

Comforting and at the same time empowering. Thank you.

Always a beautiful offering of kind generous wishes

I am surprised at how much this meditation changed me. I did not expect powerful change but as the meditation continued, my breathing slowed and my mind calmed and felt calm, peaceful, and full of Love, for my own self and for Everyone. Peace. What a beautiful meditation.
Thank You thank you.