Following is a list of the specific meditation practices that have worked well for me in the past. In particular, these meditations have helped me cultivate harmony, equanimity, and a more genuine love in my relationships with others.
The Stillness Meditation
For times when suffering becomes virtually intolerable, and life weighs heavy on your heart, this meditation offers quick relief without training you to look for escape in the face of pain.
The Listening Meditation
Particularly beneficial when you feel lonely or alienated from someone you care about, and you can’t talk to them.
Compassion Meditation Without Self-Representation
A powerful method for loving others authentically, especially those with whom you have a difficult relationship. This meditation often opens up my awareness.
The Secret Goodwill Meditation
When wishing someone well is made difficult by the sense that their best interests put you at a loss, this one offers an antidote. Good for jealousy, envy, resentment, and grief. Also beneficial for harboring goodwill toward those who go their separate ways. Short and simple.
“mindjob” Heh!
I love this: “The more confused you are, the better.” Than I’m doing great
Thanks for giving us another way to view love relationships. I struggle a lot like your sociology student did, wanting something tangible, but when I can drop that love just becomes a field we swim in, with no reason to attach to anything. Another lovely post!
-M
Haha, yes, I went with the non-obscene synonym. There seem to be some situations for which profanity says it all just right.
mindfudgesomething that messes with your head a lotstupid thesaurus *!#^@You are the most beautiful person I have ever had the honor to know. thank you for the gifts you give to us all every day.
scott
Aw Scott, thank you, but go look in a mirror. And, can you send me your address again? ;-D
“when I choose to love, that love is divine”
LOVE that. ok, i don’t think in terms of divinity, but i get it.
my emphasis is always on the quality of the love. i had never thought of the moment, that nanosecond of choosing love, as the perfection.