Today I have a nice story and a gift for you.
A while ago, I did write about forgiveness; here is the post > ย Forgivenessย ย โ The Key To Happiness?
The Loving Kindness Meditation – A Gift
I know for many, it is not really easy to forgive,
I have a nice story for you and a beautiful way, a Gift, to make it easier to forgive.
My friend Mary Morrissey told me that she was a number of years ago in New Delhi, India, at the Human Unity Conference.
She had the opportunity for a private audience with the Dalai Lama.
It was at the Lotus Temple where they met, meditated, and prayed.
She said the Dalai Lama is an amazing human being. As we all know, he had to leave his country over 40 years ago because of the Chinese government, and very bad things happen to his country and to the people of Tibet.
But despite all these difficulties, this amazing man generates compassion and executes happiness.
He has refused to let these experiences dominate his daily awareness and happiness.
Mary Morrissey said it was an amazing transformation to be near this man.
She asked him how he could do this, and he said: ‘Every one of us has friends.
Friends are easy to love, and if they make mistakes, they are even easy to forgive.
Sacred friends
Then we have what he called “sacred friends” Oh, sacred friends. Very, very difficult to forgive.’ he said the Chinese government is my sacred friend.
“I would never have developed the heart I have developed a compassionate heart in the absence of the Chinese government. This government makes it so difficult to forgive that I had to get a very, very big heart and have to keep a very, very big heart, and it’s a big challenge.”
Every one of us may have such a sacred friend, and the Dalai Lama taught Meditation in the Lotus Temple. It is called loving-kindness meditation.
This is a gift to us from the Dalai Lama.
The loving-kindness meditation.
He said to begin with yourself. Begin with you, he said :
May I be truly happy.
May I live in peace.
May I live in love.
May I know the power of forgiveness.
May I live in recognition that my life has deep meaning and good purpose.
You begin with yourself, later your loved ones, say the name of your child instead ‘I’, for example, and after the friend’s extent and say it for your sacred friend.
Over time you will experience an energy shift. Keep directing this energy of loving kindness to the particular person or the particular circumstance that has been difficult to release, and you are going actually to see a shift in that energy, and you will feel more peace, and this peace will be a gift to you.
Try the loving-kindness meditation for yourself.
This is for all of us brought to us from Mary Morrissey, a beautiful gift from the Dalai Lama.
Try the loving-kindness meditation for yourself.
Do you have difficulty with forgiveness? Try the loving-kindness meditation.
If you liked the story, please leave a comment.
Thank you
Hi Erika,
Thank you for sharing this amazing gift with the world.
The world needs more of the Angels like you.
Totally loved the article and the wonderful picture along with the quote of Dalai Lama.
Let’s keep the awesomeness alive. ๐
Best!
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Hi Anant ,
I am happy you loved it ,
I think it is an amazing and easy way ,which can really help to forgive.
We will keep the awesomeness ,Hero
Thank you ๐
Hi Erika,
What a wonderful subject and love your video. Forgiveness may be difficult for people to do, but with a little practice it is the only way to live! I have forgiveness deeply engrained inside myself since a child. I learned this at an early age from my religion.
Being human, there are times where I have the feeling of anger towards someone or something. It is normal to feel that, but when I do, I know that I need to go to a place of forgiveness. The reality is we cannot change people nor things happening in the world. The true reality is we can only change ourselves. And forgiveness brings us peace.
There were and still are times whereby I reach out to my God and ask for help to forgive. When that happens, my whole being is lighter.
When we practice forgiveness, others do learn from us. For it is not in our words, but our actions do we have the most profound effect on others.
-Donna
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Hello Erika, I loved your video and I did sign up for the 9 day meditation..
Sweet Share,, Thank YOU & have an Awesome Weekend.
Chery :))
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Hi Chery ,
You did good to sign up for the meditation ,I hope you enjoyed it ?
I am happy you liked the video ๐
Thank you for your comment
Erika
Hi Erika,
Really enjoyed this post thank you for sharing your awesome meditation information ๐ Forgiveness can be hard, but I know that to have true peace it is the only way to live ๐
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Hi Joan ,
I am glad you liked the post and you are right with resentment we can not have peace.
I liked this meditation ,it is easy to do and makes feel good .
Thank you
Erika
I have always done loving-kindness meditation for me only. This is a great way to use it!
Thanks.
Sue
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Hi Sue ,nice to see you here.
Good you do this loving-kindness meditation .
I too think it is a good way and it works ,if one really
wants to forgive and has difficulty with it.
I thank you for the visit
Erika
People sometimes wonder what it means to “love God.” I believe God resides within the depths of our friends and our “sacred friends” alike. As we love each other, so we love “God” or “spirit” or whatever name we want to give to the Great Mystery. The height of that love is mercy, or what is called here, “loving kindness.”
This “loving kindness” is not a logical construct. It is the essence of the spirit. Whether we see it, experience it, accept it or deny it… it still is. In fact, it’s the deepest form of what is.
Thanks so much for the beautiful mediation that will help us to discover and practice it.
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Hi David ,
yes , we are all part of god and the spirit is in all of us
this is life itself ,we can not even breath by ourselves or make our heart beat .
I think this kindness meditation can help us to realize it and it gets easier
to forgive and see the sacret friend too, is a spiritual being.
Thank you ,David
Erika
Wonderful subject.
Loved the article and the wonderful picture along with the quote of Dalai Lama
I have a friend who is a professor at Carleton University in Ottawa
who has met him many times. She has a few pictures of him in her home.
Such a wonderful man. I saved the loving-kindness meditation. Thank you Erika.
Hi Kathryn,
Good for your friend ,I am sure it was a great experience for her.
I am glad you liked the meditation.
It gives a good feeling ๐
May you be truly happy ๐
Thank you
Erika
Thankyou Erika. Powerful post and I am going to save this and try that meditation too. So glad you shared this.
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Hi Jenni,
I am happy you liked my post and the meditation .
May you be truly Happy ๐
Erika
Forgiveness is one of the hardest things to do. It threatens our ego because our egos believe if we forgive, we are condoning the actions of others.. which we are not. It is moving beyond the pain that someone has caused. I struggle with this all the time even though I know this. Thanks for sharing.
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Hi Miriam,
you are right ,sometimes not easy to forgive,
but if we think that we are the ones who feel the pain
it may be easier.Sometimes the one we need to forgive
is not even aware that we are hurt, the sooner we can
forgive the better for ourselves.
Thank you
Erika
The easiest way I have found to forgive someone is to pray for that person. Not necessarily pray that he/she will change, but pray God’s blessing on the person the same as if I were praying for a loved one. I don’t always feel like doing that, but it’s amazing how my feelings change after a while.
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Hi Willena,
You do good ,this is kind of the same way of forgiving.
It is really how you say ,it changes the feelings.
I think it is a blessing to be able to do this .
Sure, we do not always feel like doing it ,but it helps
even only to know it works and can be done .
Everything has its own time.
Thank you
Erika
Hi Erika,
Your voice is so soothing and calming on your video. Thanks so much for making it and sharing it. I learned a long time ago that not forgiving only hurts us and most of the time the one you are angry and not forgiving doesn’t have a clue.
Thanks for sharing this great post and video.
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Hi Monna,
thank you for all you did .
I am happy you liked it .
You are right we only hurt ourselves with resentment.
Often the one who made us feel like this is not even aware of it.
Thank you
Erika
All I can say is, “Wow Erika.” I was so moved not only by the words but the video. You have such inner peace. Your voice made me feel as if I were right there, meditating with you. This was truly awesome!
Now I see why everyone raves about video. We can see and feel so much more about a person through video. Just lovely!
More, more! ๐
Deborah
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Hi Deborah,
I am happy you liked it ,it was a first attempt ๐
I had the whole article on the video and thought it is too
long and cut it to make it short.It is more a telling about the meditation.
It is true ,hearing a voice or seeing people on
video makes a difference .
With practise all gets better ๐
Thank you
Erika