3-Step Morning Routine to Boost Your Mood All Day...

  • May all beings be happy.
  • May all beings be free.
  • May all beings be well.

Feel yourself as you sit here. Feel your inner life and wish for yourself:

  • May I be happy.
  • May I be free – free from fears, insecurities and doubts.
  • May I be well. May I be truly, truly well.

Now choose someone you love very much. Bring them into your mind's eye and send these loving thoughts to them.

  • May you be happy.
  • May you be free.
  • May you be well.

Now bring into your mind's eye someone you might be having grievance with. Perhaps it's someone in your life who knows how to push your buttons. Wish for them:

  • May you be happy.
  • May you be free.
  • May you be well.

Know that this person is just another person on their path, working with their own light and darkness. Feel into your bones that you want what's best for this person.

Now think of a person who is neutral – someone you have no attachments to. Perhaps it's your children's bus driver, a clerk at the grocery store, or someone you see walking in your neighborhood from time to time. Send to them these loving thoughts:

  • May you be happy.
  • May you be free.
  • May you be well.

Feel your heart shining with loving-kindness. Feel the warmth and love radiating from your heart center. Breathe here for a few breaths. Now open your eyes. Stay in this softened state until your are ready to get up and make breakfast.

Speaking of breakfast...

4/6/2023 4:00:00 AM
Patrick Banks
Written by Patrick Banks
Patrick Banks is a lifestyle writer with an intense passion for health & nutrition. He provides tips on how to boost your potential and feel confident with your body. He believes that laughter and successful social interactions are the best medicine.
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Comments
Meditation is meditation. Can't imagine how Buddhism could threaten anyone. No ideologies, no gods to kill for. I'm not Buddhist. There are Buddhists I find compatible and Buddhists whose earthly behaviour / personalities are not. And thinking kind thoughts towards self, others, the Good Earth seems healthier than American Sniper or Breaking Bad mentality.
A 1500 lb Quarter horse taught me 5 decades ago that love and kindness are the only bargaining tools that don't require a life of looking over your shoulder.
Posted by dvda
Article was good til it said to do Buddhist meditations.... I certainly am not interested in that kind of meditation. Also it has turned me off from bothering to read anything else that you write since I know from whence your words are coming.
Posted by Sandi
Good stuff, Brother Banks... thx for spreading positive information
Posted by Stan

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