9/11 Lovingkindness meditation (text)
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5. Loving all sentient beings
And in the last stage of this practice we’re going to wish that all sentient beings – all beings capable of feeling suffering – be well. May they all be happy. May they all be free from suffering. And you can imagine that you’re holding the whole of this beautiful, precious world in your heart, bathing the world in a healing love; bathing the world in metta. Letting go of our own hatreds so that we can make the world a better place. For there is too much hatred in this world that we live in.
May all beings be well, may all beings be happy, may all beings be free from suffering.
Concluding the practice
And then, finally, letting go of the practice. Coming back to an awareness of ourselves sitting here. Being aware of the changes that have taken place in our hearts, whether those changes are quite subtle or whether they are quite noticeable.
And then slowly, in our own time, opening our eyes, and taking our metta – our love – back into the world.
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