Meditation From Love And Intention, Even Now

Happy Valentine’s Day! What if today, we send some love to the whole cast of characters running the show right now? Can things change more quickly, or powerfully, if we infuse our work with kindness and compassion? Or what if we take the indigenous wisdom view, and cultivate kindness and compassion for the benefit of the seven generations to come?

Thich Nhat Hanh said: don’t let the mind become poisoned so that it betrays our ancestors, parents, society, and future generations. I really love that advice.

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Finding a comfortable posture,

In this case,

Leaning back if you'd like,

Relaxing.

And we'll do a brief meta-practice for the benefit of all beings because it's Valentine's Day tomorrow.

So settling into the body,

Into this moment,

Taking a few intentional breaths,

Relaxing,

Whatever level of relaxation is available to you right now,

Settle into that.

And seeing in front of you,

Kind of in the mind's eye,

The heart's eye,

Some being whom you just love in an easy,

Easy way.

Might be a friend,

Might be a spiritual figure,

Might be a puppy or an old dog or cat,

Grandparent,

Maybe even long gone.

And just let the love that you have for this being and that this being also has for you kind of infuse the moment,

Infuse the body.

Let it create a field of love internally and externally,

Internally throughout the whole body and externally in the space surrounding you.

And then let that space that surrounds you widen to include the whole room or the whole area where you are,

The whole building,

The whole car,

The whole boat.

And then let it include the community where you are.

Let the love that you're experiencing expand to include the whole community,

Flow out to the whole community where you are,

To the town or the city,

The county,

The province,

The state,

The country,

The ocean,

The hemisphere,

The whole planet.

Let that love,

That loving kindness just flow out to all beings on the planet,

Including yourself.

So all beings without exception and beginning to wish well-being for all beings and for yourself,

We're included in this.

May all beings be happy.

Imagining an earth where all beings living on the earth and living underneath the earth and in the skies above the earth and in the waters where all beings are happy.

And really wishing that and wishing for good health as well for all of those beings and for ourselves as well.

May all beings have good health or the best possible health afforded to them right now.

Healthy minds,

Healthy bodies.

And may all beings have safety.

May all beings on the earth and under the earth and in the skies above the earth and in the waters and may all of us also have safety.

Be safe internally,

Externally.

And may we all be free,

All beings be free from suffering.

Internal suffering,

Suffering that comes from anything external,

All beings.

I'm not gonna ring the bell.

I'm gonna,

All the old timers know what I'm about to ask is turn on your screens and find three people and secretly wish them well.