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Duration8 min
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Buddhist metta bhavana
Wish yourself well, in simple repeated phrases. Then someone you love, then a stranger, then someone difficult. It sounds soft. It's one of the most studied practices in the contemplative world, and one of the fastest to change how an afternoon feels.
How to do it
- 1Settle, and bring yourself to mind
- 2May I be well, may I be at ease, repeated gently
- 3Extend the same to someone you love
- 4Then a stranger, then wider
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