Episode 68 - How To Develop Love For All Beings

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode is devoted to the meditation of loving-kindness, a profound method to develop love for all living beings. It creates immeasurable good karma, diminishes ill will toward others and creates the cause of our own enlightenment. Scientific research has also been done on the results of people practicing this meditation. </span></p> <p><strong>Research indicates these benefits:</strong></p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Increases positive emotions. One study showed that seven weeks of practicing the loving-kindness meditation increased multiple positive emotions including love, joy, contentment, gratitude, pride, hope, interest, amusement, and awe.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Quiets your inner critic</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Strengthens capacity for empathy</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Decreases migraines</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Increases compassion </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Slows the aging process. In another eye-opening study</span> <a href= "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23602876"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">researchers</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">found that women with experience in loving-kindness meditation had relatively longer telomere length (a biological marker of aging) when compared to age-matched controls.</span></li> </ol> <p><strong>Loving-kindness Prayer Within the Meditation </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">May you be happy<br /></span></p> <p>May you be well</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">May your body and mind be at ease</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">May all good fortune and successes in life come to you</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">May you be healthy</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">