We start with a wonderful insight from Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh, who observes...
When you are guided by compassion and loving kindness, you are able to look deeply into the heart of reality and see the truth.We'll work with this insight in today's compassion meditation.
Step by step, here's what to do...
Sit in a comfortable chair or on your meditation cushion, and then take several long, slow, deep breaths.
Repeat the long, slow, deep breaths until you feel your mind and body shifting into a much lower gear. You'll recognize this when it happens because everything will suddenly seem much more clear to you.
Once you've calmed and centered yourself with the deep breathing, visualize the sorriest, most pathetic, appalling human being you've ever seen.
In your mind's eye, focus in on as many details of this person as you can.
When you're practically shuddering with disgust at the mental image, stop.
Now, shift... and send toward this mental image every iota of love and compassion in your body and soul.
If you're doing this technique correctly, a dramatic wave of peace and bliss will wash through you.
It may be intense enough to give you goose bumps or to even send a shudder of joy through your body.
That's the power of compassion and loving kindness.
It works.
And it's available to you every second of your life.
Every second.
All you have to do is breathe in, stop, open the valve to your limitless compassion and loving kindness and let it wash through you.
Then share it by breathing it out into the world.
Pure joy and bliss.
It's that simple.
Until next time, wash the world with love and please share this compassion meditation with others.
Chet Day
Editor, EarthRain Meditations
Editor, The Natural Health Circus
