2024-11-13
6 分钟Hey everyone, this is Keisonga.
It's Wednesday, and I welcome you to Radio Headspace.
I think at this point, many people know about what loving-kindness is.
If not, Let me take this brief moment to explain the idea of loving kindness.
The simple practice of sending love and compassion to all beings without the expectation of anything in return.
The actual formal practice involves sitting in meditative awareness,
picturing certain individuals in your mind's eye,
and then sending them happiness, health, peace, and safety.
And it's essential to mention that with loving kindness,
before you send out any of that love and compassion to others,
it's so important to first cultivate it and send it to yourself.
Because without having loving kindness for yourself, it may prove difficult to send it to others.
And actually,
the act of having loving kindness in your awareness can help in reminding you to continuously send it to yourself.
One thing I can say, though,
is that love and kindness can get kind of tricky when it comes to people we have negative feelings for.
Part of the practice is sometimes picturing in your mind's eye someone that you have conflict with.
I remember I once had a student that blurted out,
why do I have to send love and kindness to someone I don't even like?
I had to laugh because I get it.