#lovingkindness

[sidewalkchemistry]

[aziraphales-flaming-cock]

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[brytning]

There are plenty of different versions of lovingkindness meditation out there, and this is just one of them! This practice has been invaluable to me over the past few years when I need a few minutes to slow down, widen my perspective, and drum up extra love. Let me know how it goes for you!

[wiirocku]

Psalm 119:88 (NKJV) - Revive me according to Your lovingkindness, So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth.

[dzgrizzle]

From “The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace” by Jack Kornfield

[dramoor]

"God's loving kindness and tender mercies are there, sometimes obscured by life's brambles, but always moving before us, leading the way."

~Arthur Cutten

(Photo © dramoor 2023)

[spirit-healings]

Today, on this Transgender Day of Remembrance, I remember and honor the trans people who have passed on, while sending love, compassion, strength, and bravery to my trans siblings here on Earth.

May every single trans person live with authenticity, and know that the universe is complete because of them. May every single trans person feel loved, today and every day.

My altar set up for Trans Day of Remembrance.

The iPad is acting as a digital photo frame, playing a slideshow of trans people (some I knew personally, some I did not) who have passed on. Pictured is Venus Xtravaganza. Also included on the slideshow are Leelah Alcorn, Blake Brockington, and Brandon Teena, among two people whom I am blessed to have known: Theo and Felix.

[salsa8486]

Mindfulness Meditation. 😘💕🙏🏻 🙏🏿 🙏🏽 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ #love #helpeachother #lovingkindness #anxiety #forgiveness #kindnessmatters #kindness #bekindalways #mindfulness #metta #meditation #mindful #bekindtoyourself #smallthingsmatter #kinder #smiling #beinginthemoment #mindfulpath #grateful #gratefulheart #gratitude #nonjudgemental #lovethyneighbor #selfcompassion #compassion #goodheart #liveinthemoment #selflove #daybyday. https://www.instagram.com/p/CqKo_yRNEci/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[philosohappy]

This is the very nature of life. No one in this world experiences only pleasure and no pain, and no one experiences only gain and no loss. 

When we open to this truth, we discover that there is no need to hold on or to push away. Rather than trying to control what can never be controlled, we can find a sense of security in being able to meet what is actually happening. 

This is allowing for the mystery of things: not judging but rather cultivating a balance of mind that can receive what is happening, whatever it is. 

This acceptance is the source of our safety and confidence.

Excerpt from Lovingkindness, by Sharon Salzberg

Photo of Sharon Salzberg in Calcutta, India, 1983, by Roy Bonney

[quotesfromscripture]

Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!

Isaiah 30:18 NIV (2011)

[unofficialchronicle]

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

Let Not the Wise Boast in their Wisdom

23 Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Neither let the mighty man glory in his might, Let not the rich man glory in his riches:

24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, That he understandeth and knoweth me, That I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: For in these things I delight, saith the Lord. — Jeremiah 9:23-24 | King James Version (KJV) The King James Version Bible is in the public domain Cross References: Exodus 34:6-7; 1 Kings 20:10-11; Job 31:24-25; Psalm 20:7; Psalm 34:2; 1 Corinthians 1:31; 2 Corinthians 10:17; Galatians 6:14; Philippians 3:8; Philippians 3:10

[sidewalkchemistry]

Continue practicing until you see yourself

in the cruelest person on Earth,

in the child starving,

In the political prisoner.

Practice until you recognize yourself

in every person in the supermarket,

on the street corner,

in a concentration camp,

on a leaf,

in a dewdrop.

Meditate until you see yourself

in a speck of dust,

In a distant galaxy.

See and listen with the whole of your being.

If you are fully present,

the rain of Dharma will fully water

the deepest seeds in your consciousness,

and tomorrow,

while you are washing the dishes

or looking at the blue sky.

That seed will spring forth,

and love and understanding,

Will appear as a beautiful flower.

(Thich Nhat Hanh)

[wiirocku]

Jeremiah 31:3 (NKJV) - The LORD has appeared of old to me, saying: “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.