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• Day 31 ~ May Is For Metta 2018: Celebrating Our Journey of Lovingkindness and Compassion

  • On May, 31, 2018
  •  BethTerrence

  “Reaching a state of compassion is the ultimate gift we give ourselves as human beings.  It is knowing and feeling that all power is within us and that none is vested outside of us – neither in material things nor in the circumstance of our lives.  Compassion comes from loving ourselves so completely that we see and feel others only through that love.   In a state of compassion, Oneness is our reality.”  ~ Arnold […]

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• Day 30 ~ May Is For Metta 2018: Love Meditation

  • On May, 30, 2018
  •  BethTerrence

  “Love is not just the intention to love, but the capacity to reduce suffering, and offer peace and happiness. The practice of love increases our forbearance, our capacity to be patient and embrace difficulties and pain.”  ― Thich Nhat Hanh We are nearing the end of our practice.   I wanted to share this teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh today as a reminder of the foundation of our  practice and another way to work with the […]

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• Day 29 ~ May Is For Metta 2018: Take Your Metta To Work Day

  • On May, 29, 2018
  •  BethTerrence

  It’s Take Your Metta To Work Day! An Exploration in Bringing Loving-kindness Practice to the World of Work   “Be the change you want to see in the world.”  – Mahatma Gandhi Our intention for today will be to bring our Metta practice more fully into our daily lives. Today, is Take Your Metta To Work Day.   Although the main focus will be to bring Metta into our work life, it can really be explored […]

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• Day 28 ~ May For Metta 2018: Metta As Medicine For Heart & Soul

  • On May, 28, 2018
  •  BethTerrence

  “ONE GREAT QUESTION underlies our experience, whether we think about it consciously or not:  What is the purpose of life?  I have considered this question and would like to share my thoughts in the hope that they may be of direct, practical benefit to those who read them.   I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy.  From the moment of birth, every human being wants happiness and does not want suffering.  […]

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• Day 27 ~ May Is For Metta 2018: Becoming A Beacon Of Lovingkindness

  • On May, 27, 2018
  •  BethTerrence

  “Love and peace are qualities we cultivate through the choices we make.  It is up to each of us to make this choice of our own accord and equally our opportunity to share this energy from within.  No one can do it for us.  So if you wish to see how much love and peace is growing on the planet… be that love and peace and you will begin to notice it all around you.  […]

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• Day 26 ~ May Is For Metta 2018: Cultivating Peace On Earth

  • On May, 26, 2018
  •  BethTerrence

  My life blazed with the desire To serve as a thread Joining Heaven and Earth                                                                       ~ Haiku by Masahisa Goi One of the things that may happen when we are cultivating loving-kindness and compassion is that we become more attuned with these energies and may be drawn into connection and community with like-minded others.  As each being becomes more of an embodiment of these positive qualities, they are not just bringing change to themselves but […]

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• Day 25 ~ May Is For Metta 2018: Deepening Your Metta Practice

  • On May, 25, 2018
  •  BethTerrence

  “Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals.  Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others.  Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.”  – Pema Chodron One of the great gifts of Metta is learning to move beyond our personal experience into the understanding that all beings experience suffering just as we do and additionally, all […]

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• Day 24 ~ May Is For Metta 2018: Lovingkindness In All Directions

  • On May, 24, 2018
  •  BethTerrence

  To the Great Spirit – First in all things, Creator of all Life,  Who was, and is, and will always be;  Who, within the immensity of all creation,  Is uniquely present here and now, in this moment.  To the East –  The quiet coming of the new dawn,  The joyous breaking forth of Spring,  The place of birth and rebirth and the beginning of life; To the South –  The high heat of noonday,  The flowering […]

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• Day 23 ~ May Is For Metta 2018: Planting Seeds of Lovingkindness

  • On May, 23, 2018
  •  BethTerrence

  May the earth be wholesome everywhere The world blessed with prosperity May the poor and destitute find wealth And the stooping animals be freed May every being ailing with illness Find relief at once from suffering May all the sickness that afflict the living Be instantly and permanently healed May those who go in dread, have no more fear, May captives be unchained and set free, And may the weak now become strong, May living […]

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• Day 22 ~ May Is For Metta 2018: Walking Metta Meditation

  • On May, 22, 2018
  •  BethTerrence

  “In my room, the world is beyond my understanding;  but when I walk I see that it consists of three or four hills and a cloud.” – Walllace Stevens During our practice in 2010, one of our participants shared that she had incorporated her practice of Metta with walking meditation, which she usually did outside.  I have always found walking meditation to be very beneficial because it helps to develop a practice in a way […]

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