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How Facing Pain Helps to End Suffering
Ajahn Medhanandi The Joy Hidden in Sorrow Reflections by Ajahn Medhanandi “When Marpa, the great Tibetan meditation master and teacher of Milarepa, lost his son he wept bitterly. One of his pupi… more →
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Self Care 102 - Our Pace of Life
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How Facing Pain Helps to End Suffering
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wrote 1 year ago: Ajahn Medhanandi The Joy Hidden in Sorrow Reflections by Ajahn Medhanandi “When Marpa, the gre … more →
Metta Phrases for Dealing with Self-Hatred and Self-judgment
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wrote 1 year ago: I invite new and regular visitors to take a look at my updated and expanded Metta Instruction page. … more →
How Loving-kindness Practice and Meditation Can Help with Military Suicides
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wrote 1 year ago: NOTE: This post is a revised and expanded version of an earlier Metta Refuge post of mine called Ve … more →
Am I Pleasing Others to Make Myself Feel Loved and Good?
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wrote 2 years ago: Steve Goodheart Essay The path of awakening, of liberation, always includes self-observation and sel … more →
Choose life! Choose love! Choose to live!
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wrote 2 years ago: Steve Goodheart Essay “Most people can look back over the years and identify a time and place … more →
How to Use Body Meditation and Mindfulness of the Breath to Dissolve Fears
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wrote 2 years ago: Morning “Check In” — What is present and what is arising? Steve Goodheart Essay When I a … more →
Metta-the Healing Power of Visualizing and Radiating Love Toward Others
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wrote 2 years ago: Acharya Buddharakkhita Here is a unique teaching on metta, or loving-kindness meditation, by Acharya … more →
Veterans Day-The Wounds of Combat Can Be Healed
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wrote 2 years ago: Steve Goodheart Essay As an ex-GI, I often find my heart and loving-kindness practice embracing our … more →
Metta Care-Four officers slain in Seattle
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wrote 3 years ago: Metta Care: Four officers slain in Seattle Today, my heart and metta goes out to the families, frien … more →
Taming Elephants-How To Transform Negative Habit Energies
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wrote 3 years ago: This post is a follow-up to: Can the Power of Love Stop an Elephant? What do we do about our own rag … more →
May We All Be Happy-Beginning Metta
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wrote 3 years ago: One of the very first teachers I discovered in my dharma practice was Gil Fronsdal. I was always tou … more →
Brave Heart—Michael J Contos, Vietnam Veteran
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wrote 3 years ago: “I lied to my platoon to prevent a mutiny from bursting to a head some 40 years ago. Today, I … more →
How the Need to Be Perfect Creates Self-hate
wrote 3 years ago: “Adopting the belief that you must be perfect is the perfect set up for self-hate. You believe that … more →
Dharma Bite-How Do You Treat Yourself?
wrote 3 years ago: Dharma Bites—little dharma snacks to feed the heart and mind “If you had a person in your life treat … more →
Veterans Day Book-At Hell’s Gate: A Soldier’s Journey from War to Peace by Claude Anshin Thomas
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wrote 3 years ago: At Hell’s Gate by Claude Anshin Thomas is one of the most powerful, moving books I’ve ever read in … more →
Metta-Care: Bill Moyers Documentary "The Good Soldier"
wrote 3 years ago: “As America prepares to observe Veterans Day and President Obama weighs sending more troops to … more →
St. Francis and the Sow - the Essence of Metta in a Poem (with Music)
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wrote 3 years ago: St. Francis and the Sow By Galway Kinnell The bud stands for all things, even for those things that … more →
When Meditation is Too painful, Try Metta
wrote 3 years ago: Steve Goodheart Essay Maybe you’ve heard that meditation is “good for you” and that it can help you … more →
