9/11 Lovingkindness meditation (text)
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2. Cultivating love for friends and benefactors
And in the next stage of the practice we’re going to call to mind friends and benefactors – those who are directly or indirectly involved in these disasters. May they live without fear. May they be well. May they be happy. May they be free from suffering.
We can cultivate our aspiration that our friends develop their own love and wisdom, so that they may respond compassionately and appropriately to these events.
Wishing our friends well; strengthening the love that we already have for them; increasing the amount of love that’s in the world.
And there are many people who are friends to us that we tend to take for granted. We have many benefactors in the world. There are those who protect us and who protect our freedoms. There are the armed forces and the volunteer reserves; may those people be well, may they be happy, may they be free from suffering. May their love and wisdom grow.
There are the rescuers, the firefighters, the hospital workers; those who tirelessly serve, protecting us, benefiting us. May we experience gratitude towards them. May we appreciate the efforts they make. May they be well, may they be happy, may they be free from suffering.
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