Favorite Metta technique

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Sylvester
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My personal metta mantra - Meow, Meow, Meow (not the on-heat variety but the baby pussy variety).
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kverty
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Re: Favorite Metta technique

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Is it necessary to actually speak the metta phrases during the session, or do you invoke the metta feeling by mentally phrasing?
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kverty wrote: Sun Mar 25, 2018 5:56 am Is it necessary to actually speak the metta phrases during the session, or do you invoke the metta feeling by mentally phrasing?
I would say mentally phrasing. I've never known anyone actually speak the words. But you could try it to see if it helps.
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Born, become, arisen – made, prepared, short-lived
Bonded by decay and death – a nest for sickness, perishable
Produced by seeking nutriment – not fit to take delight in


Departure from this is peaceful – beyond reasoning and enduring
Unborn, unarisen – free from sorrow and stain
Ceasing of all factors of suffering – stilling of all preparations is bliss
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How to Practice Loving Kindness Meditation (Metta)
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"Now, Kalamas, one who is a disciple of the noble ones — thus devoid of greed, devoid of ill will, undeluded, alert, & resolute — keeps pervading the first direction [the east] — as well as the second direction, the third, & the fourth — with an awareness imbued with good will. Thus he keeps pervading above, below, & all around, everywhere & in every respect the all-encompassing cosmos with an awareness imbued with good will: abundant, expansive, immeasurable, free from hostility, free from ill will.
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