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Practising Loving Kindness

What is Loving Kindness? Loving kindness is a mindfulness practice designed to increase love and compassion first for ourselves and then for our loved ones, for friends, for those we are angry with, for difficult people, for enemies, and then for all beings. Loving kindness can protect us from developing and holding on to judgementalness,…

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What is Loving Kindness?

Loving kindness is a mindfulness practice designed to increase love and compassion first for ourselves and then for our loved ones, for friends, for those we are angry with, for difficult people, for enemies, and then for all beings. Loving kindness can protect us from developing and holding on to judgementalness, ill will, and hostile feelings towards ourselves and others.

Practising Loving Kindness

Practising living kindness is like saying a prayer for yourself or someone else. As when you are asking or praying for something for yourself or others, you actively send living and kind wishes, and recite in your mind words and phrases that express good will towards yourself and others.

Loving Kindness Instructions

  • Choose a person to send living kindness toward. Do not select a person you do not want to relate to with kindness and compassion. Start with yourself, or if this is too difficult, with a person you already love.
  • Sitting, standing, or lying down, begin by breathing slowly and deeply. Opening the palms of your hands, gently bring the person to mind.
  • Radiate loving kindness by reciting a set of warm wishes, such as “May I be happy,” “May I be at peace,” “May I be healthy,” “May I be safe,” or another set of positive wishes of your own. Repeat the script slowly, and focus on the meaning of each word as you say it in your mind. (If you have distracting thoughts, just notice them as they come and go and gently bring your mind back to your script). Continue until you feel yourself immersed in loving kindness.
  • Gradually work yourself up through loved ones, friends, those you are angry with, difficult people, enemies, and finally all beings. For example, use a script such as “May John be happy,” “May John be at peace,” and so on (of John, may you be happy,” “May you be at peace,” and so on), as you concentrate on radiating loving kindness to John.
  • Practice each day, starting with yourself and then moving to others.

Be loving and kind.

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  1. Practising Loving Kindness – Gathering Table

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    1. GS

      Thank you for sharing.

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  2. Okechukwu Davidson

    The best gift for the season. Thank you.

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    1. GS

      Thank you. Glad you liked it. Loving kindness is the only way to live.

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  3. Carol anne

    Thanks for these instructions on how to practice loving kindness! I shall be doing more of this in 2021!

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    1. GS

      Loving Kindness Meditation is about cultivating compassion and love through mentally repeating a series of phrases directed at someone you love, a neutral person, yourself, and then all living things. Ever wonder if repeating these Loving Kindness phrases, such as “May you be well”, “May you be happy”, “May you live with ease and in peace”, is really a productive use of your time? Turns out science now backs what Buddhists have long known about this powerful ancient practice. The incredible thing about Loving Kindness meditation is that a single short session of about 10 minutes, can kick-start a positive ripple effect, leading to increased feelings of social connection and positivity towards strangers. Loving Kindness Meditation also has continued benefits for those that practice more frequently. In fact, science suggests that the benefits can be surprisingly far reaching.

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  4. thereluctantpoet

    Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.

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    1. GS

      Thank you for the reblog

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      1. thereluctantpoet

        Always a pleasure to read and share your great posts with followers, My Dear!
        xoxox 😘💕🎁🌹✨

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      2. GS

        🙌🏼🙌🏼

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  5. Unique Tales

    I don’t have to practise it is Naturally in me to be kind, caring and compassionate.

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    1. GS

      That’s awesome 👏🏼

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  6. Unique Tales

    😊😊😊♥️

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    1. GS

      ❤️❤️

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  7. scubaviste

    Wise and motivating words. Merry Christmas!

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    1. GS

      Merry Christmas

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  8. Angie

    💯 love this ❤️

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    1. GS

      Loving-Kindness Meditation packs a punch when it comes to health and happiness. Increases positive emotions and decreases negative emotions. Increases vagal tone which increases positive emotions and feelings of social connection. Decreases Migraines. Decreases Chronic Pain. Decreases PTSD.

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    1. GS

      Thank you for sharing

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      1. Angie

        Thank you for creating wonderful content to share 🥰

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      2. GS

        😄😄

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    1. GS

      Thank you for sharing

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  11. Abrorfo

    This gift stays in our hearts forever

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    1. GS

      It does. Loving kindness has an everlasting effect primarily because it is so hard to find these days.

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      1. Abrorfo

        The is going wrongly, it is up to us to change it

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      2. GS

        Yes indeed. All of us have a role to play.

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      3. Abrorfo

        It is now or never

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      4. GS

        Yes indeed 🙏🏼

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      5. Abrorfo

        💯

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  12. Stephen Kamutu

    Nice and motivational blog post. Thank you for sharing.

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  13. Stephen Kamutu

    Nice and motivational blog post. I have found value in reading it and I would recommend more of this from you!!

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    1. GS

      Thank you Stephen. I shall keep on writing.

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  14. Abrorfo

    Better do

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    1. GS

      🙏🏼🙏🏼

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  15. Abrorfo

    You are really interesting

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    1. GS

      lol thanks

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  16. ribbonfairy_with_unboundedwords

    I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or fate but I really needed to read this post. I’m having issues with myself and with some people. Thank you for sharing.

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    1. GS

      Then I am glad you found this post.

      Some published studies have noted that this meditation technique may be useful in the management of social anxiety, marital conflict, anger, and coping with the strains of long-term caregiving.1 And other research has suggested that loving kindness meditation can enhance the activation of brain areas that are involved in emotional processing and empathy to boost a sense of positivity and reduce negativity.

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      1. ribbonfairy_with_unboundedwords

        I hope it will help me too

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      2. GS

        👍🏼👍🏼

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  17. atypicalsunrise

    Inspiring post! Thank you for posting

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    1. GS

      During loving kindness meditation, you focus benevolent and loving energy toward yourself and others. There are many well-documented benefits of traditional meditation, but as with other techniques, this form of meditation takes practice. It can be difficult and sometimes leads to resistance since the average person is not used to this level of giving and receiving love.

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  18. LGC

    This is amazing well written

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    1. GS

      Loving kindness meditation (LKM) is a popular self-care technique that can be used to boost well-being and reduce stress. Those who regularly practice loving kindness meditation are able to increase their capacity for forgiveness, connection to others, self-acceptance, and more. This technique is not easy as you are asking yourself to send kindness your way or to others. It often takes practice to allow yourself to receive your own love or to send it.

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  21. blogsabeera

    Thanks! I will try this surely

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    1. GS

      Loving kindness (metta), a traditional Buddhist concept, implies acting with compassion toward all sentient beings, with an awareness and appreciation of the natural world. The giving of metta, an integral part of Buddhist medicine, has the potential to enhance modern primary health care. Metta must be given with selflessness (saydana), compassion (karuna), and sympathetic joy (mudita). For the believer, Gautama Siddhartha, the Buddha, is the Supreme Healer. His ancient but timeless message of metta is alive and well today, The Dalai Lama being it key proponent. The Buddhist system features several techniques, such as the Noble Eight-Fold-Path and the metta meditations, to keep physicians moving toward metta. One does not have to be a Buddhist to practice metta, or more humane medicine, and the notion of “tender loving care” is spreading in biomedical circles.

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  22. Cweisenmullerphd

    Thank you for sharing this. It’s one of my favorite mindfulness practices – especially when feeling ground down by the work week!

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    1. GS

      Many of us try to find quick solutions on how to get peace in life. With meditation, we learn that stress is nothing but an illusion that comes from negativity and the more we practice love and kindness, the more peace we can actually find.

      With meditation, we figure out how to react less, and show self-compassion during harsh times. Instead of self-denigration, we can learn to put away shame and turn towards love and kindness. This is really important in cultivating a habit of letting go of things we simply cannot control. Then, you have the freedom from any kind of pain or frustration and bounce back, starting fresh.

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  23. Young Jang

    What a fabulous and helpful post!

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    1. GS

      Yes and its as simple as Carve out some quiet time for yourself (even a few minutes will work) and sit comfortably. Close your eyes, relax your muscles, and take a few deep breaths.

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  25. Sneha

    Reminds me of the phrase – have courage and be kind from the “Cinderella” movie.

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    1. GS

      Ah beautiful line..thank you for sharing Sneha

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  26. Mark Hughes

    I do believe after the pandemic humanity needs to adopt mindfulness / meditation more. Our old ways of treating each other and ourselves are numbered.

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    1. GS

      Mindfulness and meditation practices translate well to different populations across the lifespan and range of ability. Introducing a mindfulness and meditation practice during this pandemic has the potential to complement treatment and is a low-cost beneficial method of providing support with anxiety for all.

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      1. Mark Hughes

        Totally! What holds most people back is discipline, it’s simply too much for a lot of people to just….sit and empty themselves!

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      2. GS

        Cherishing yourself means doing the things that are good for your mind, body and soul. Whilst these things may go against your innate predilection for leisure and comfort, in the long run, they will help you achieve a sustained level of happiness.

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  29. lesstalkpeaceandlove

    Thanks for sharing

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    1. GS

      Loving-kindness is meant to be done in the easiest way possible so that the experience springs forth most gently, most naturally. To do it in the most easiest way possible means first to use phrases that are personally meaningful. The traditional phrases as are taught, at least this one classical translation of them, begins with oneself:

      May I be free from danger, may I know safety. Danger in that sense is both inner danger from the force of certain mind states, and outer danger. So, May I be free from danger. May I have mental happiness. May I have physical happiness. May I have ease of well-being—which means may I not have to struggle terribly, day by day, with livelihood, with family issues.

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  30. Sudha Dhamo

    Mindfulness living and conscious practice of loving kindness – loved reading your post.

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    1. GS

      Thank you Sudha. Practising loving kindness has so many benefits. Increases positive emotions and decreases negative emotions. In a landmark study, Barbara Frederickson and her colleagues ( Fredrickson, Cohn, Coffey, Pek, & Finkel, 2008) found that practicing seven weeks of Loving-Kindness Meditation increased love, joy, contentment, gratitude, pride, hope, interest, amusement, and awe. These positive emotions then produced increases in a wide range of personal resources (e.g., increased mindfulness, purpose in life, social support, decreased illness symptoms), which, in turn, predicted increased life satisfaction and reduced depressive symptoms.

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  31. Karima Hoisan

    I totally agree with you and the rewards are wonderful too!

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    1. GS

      Kindness has power. Kind words and gestures offer potent healing and such acts go a long way. It is the absence of cruelty, intentional hurtfulness and ill will that is referred to as loving-kindness. The two aspects of this important virtue is loving-kindness and non-injury. Being kind involves being compassionate towards others physically, mentally and verbally.

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  32. Karima Hoisan

    You said it so well…compassion is an integral part of loving-kindness.!

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    1. GS

      Compassion gives us the ability to understand someone else’s situation and the desire to take action to improve their lives. For people who are dependent on others for help and support, compassion is often the most important factor in allowing them to lead fulfilling lives.

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  33. earthywithemm

    Great post and something to practice for sure!

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    1. GS

      Thank you

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  34. 24 Money

    In fact loving kindness goes with tender mercy

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    1. GS

      “Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old” (Psalm 25:6).

      These beautiful words, “tender mercies” and“lovingkindness,” may sound somewhat old-fashioned in today’s sophisticated jargon, but the divine attributes they represent have been “ever of old” and will continue to characterize our tender and merciful, kind and loving God of all grace forever. Dropping them from our conversation (even in most newer translations of the Bible) is a sad loss that, to some degree, has impoverished our speech and, perhaps, our souls.

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  36. jyoti batra

    Love , kindness and gratitude the virtues we need.

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    1. GS

      Kindness is certainly part of the nature of God, as the biblical Book of Psalms refers to God’s kindness more than 80 times. Kindness is not a duty or an ethic either; it is an expression of personal virtue that flows from and is rooted in love, which is at the heart of all virtue. Kindness begins in the heart. In fact, many languages have words that are translated as ‘loving-kindness’ or ‘kind-heartedness,’ which is kindness that goes beyond the minimum requirements of civility. Kindness is really more than being nice, polite or agreeable, but instead has more to do with our being than our behavior. It cannot be faked.

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  38. charity4w

    I enjoyed reading this post, I found that it makes it easier to love others when you pray for them. I am a Christian and a prayer warrior for as long as I can remember from the age of 2. My Lord and Savior has always answered my prayers. Prayer is a power weapon we have against the enemy. During these hard times many people do need to be encouraged, feel loved and need a friend to help them get through the hard times. I will reblog this post to help someone else so that they maybe blessed. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏼

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    1. GS

      Thank you for the reblog. Include loving kindness in your prayer. Keeping your eyes closed, think of a person close to you who loves you very much. It could be someone from the past or the present; someone still in life or who has passed; it could be a spiritual teacher or guide. Imagine that person standing on your right side, sending you their love. That person is sending you wishes for your safety, for your well-being and happiness. Feel the warm wishes and love coming from that person towards you.

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  40. zubi

    This is really amazing dear. Thanks for such a beautiful post. And I’ll love if you’ll go through my feed. 😇

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    1. GS

      Sure Zubi

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  45. kathyagilbert

    If we’ve ever needed more loving kindness in the world, it would be now. Thank you for your thoughtful post♥️

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    1. GS

      Yes we need more kindness with the uncertainty in the world. When we express meaningful and intentional gratitude or engage in planned acts of kindness, we experience the benefits of serotonin and dopamine, which are two neurotransmitters responsible for us feeling pleasure or joy. Not only do we benefit others from this activity, but it has a way of recharging our batteries.

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  46. Vanessa

    Thank you. I truly enjoyed this post.

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    1. GS

      Jack Kornfield says, “the rule in lovingkindness practice is to follow the way that most easily opens your heart.”

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  47. littleoldladyinlavendersilk

    Just what I was commenting to Half-full_ all _good (MrLudlum?)
    No special name or gimmick needed. “The Golden Rule” in Christian culture; no doubt there are similar for other cultures. Boiled down to Love, every day 💕 — or the prayer of St, Francis.

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    1. GS

      Loving kindness is the key to everything.

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  48. blazingbibles.com

    Reblogged this on Blazing Bibles and commented:
    Loving Kindness! Beautifully Spoken!

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