World Peace Meditation for 3-22-23

Our meditation today is an adaptation of the Buddhist Metta

Blessing. The four lines are repeated three times, with each of

seven objects, in this order:

1. Myself (I)

2. Someone I love (use the person’s name and hold

his/her face in your mind)

3. Someone for whom I have negative feelings (use the

person’s name and hold his/her face in your mind)

4. Someone I believe has negative feelings about me

(use the person’s name and hold his/her face in your

mind)

5. All people

6. All beings

7. All Life

The Blessing is:

May ______ be happy.

May ______ be free from suffering.

May ______ be filled with loving-kindness.

May ______ be at peace.

As you repeat this blessing, bear in mind that the verb, may, is not a request, but rather the setting of an intention. “May I” means “I am choosing to”; “May he/she/they” means “I choose to see him/her/them as”. The intention is not to change the other person(s), but to change the quality of their lives – you might even add another phrase to the end of each line: for his/her/their/its own sake. In this way we begin the process of revealing peace in ourselves and gradually expand its scope until that same peace pervades the entire universe.

If this resonates with you, you might take this practice daily for seven days and see what a difference it makes. You don’t even have to stop after seven days if you don’t want to! ;o) 

Love and blessings,

Rev. Sharri