Metta Meditation
A friend shared this prayer she often uses on walks. This medication works very nice for prayer beads as well. One advantage to using short phrases and prayers is that you quickly grow familiar with the prayer. This familiarity then makes it easier to center and gain a more meditative state.
"May I be at peace
May my heart remain open
May I awaken to the light of my own true nature
May I be healed
May I be a source of healing to all beings."
For the first recitation, she prays for herself. The second time, she will say it for a friend or loved one, saying, for example, "May Mary be at peace..." Then she will continue for others, for her church, her town, her country and the world at large, until her walk is done.
A friend shared this prayer she often uses on walks. This medication works very nice for prayer beads as well. One advantage to using short phrases and prayers is that you quickly grow familiar with the prayer. This familiarity then makes it easier to center and gain a more meditative state.
"May I be at peace
May my heart remain open
May I awaken to the light of my own true nature
May I be healed
May I be a source of healing to all beings."
For the first recitation, she prays for herself. The second time, she will say it for a friend or loved one, saying, for example, "May Mary be at peace..." Then she will continue for others, for her church, her town, her country and the world at large, until her walk is done.
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