Ep. 278 – Guided Metta Meditation: Becoming a Beacon of Kindness

Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield

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Kornfield, Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Jackkornfield, Buddhism, Spirituality, Jack Kornfield

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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“A powerful way of practicing metta is to invite in the feeling of love without specific words or images. You become a beacon of kindness. Then whatever arises as you sit—thoughts, people, images, concerns—will be held in that kindness.” – Jack Kornfield

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This week on Heart Wisdom, Jack offers listeners instruction on:

Metta and invoking the spirit of love within ourselves
Holding all that arises during meditation with kindness
Letting our body have a sense of care and well being
Allowing ourselves to soften, relax, and rest easily
Feeling completely supported by the earth below us
Opening our hearts and minds via the metta sutta of loving-kindness
Suffusing the whole world with unobstructed, sublime love

“The ideal as you practice is to find your own way, to find what most naturally resonates with yourself as a gateway to open the heart.” – Jack Kornfield

This episode was originally recorded for the Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday Night Dharma Talk and Guided Meditation Livestream for Feb 2025.

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1:07.5	is to invoke or invite the feeling of love to be in yourself without the specific
1:15.8	words or images more that you become a carrier of or a beacon of kindness. And whatever arises,
1:34.3	as you sit, thoughts, people, images, concerns, the response might be held in kindness.
1:51.6	The ideal as you practice is to find your own way, to find what most naturally resonates with yourself as a gateway to open the heart.
1:55.8	A beautiful quote from Jack Hornfield, stemming from episode 278 of heart wisdom, a guided meta-meditation,
2:04.8	becoming a beacon of kindness. This is from Jack's most recent Spirit Rock Monday Night Darmatalk
2:11.8	and guided meditation, and is all about cultivating a strong, kind, beautiful center amidst all the turbulence of the world.
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