{"id":1704,"date":"2022-03-10T10:35:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T09:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tena.yoga\/?p=1704"},"modified":"2024-12-25T09:03:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T08:03:54","slug":"metta-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tena.yoga\/en\/blog\/metta-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Metta meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<p><strong>Metta &#8211; meditation of love<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Metta is a form of meditation from the Buddhist tradition in which we repeat thoughts of goodwill, love, or compassion with full attention. For example, we wish happiness to a loved one and try to support that thought with an emotion of joy and a visualization of the person we wish it for. In this way, the thought of goodwill is directed towards a real living being and has an emotional component that carries it. When we are in states of loving-kindness, we are free from fear, anxiety, and bad thoughts towards ourselves and others, and we naturally grow in our ability to understand and be patient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Metta meditation helps us to give support and faith in the good heart that we all inherently carry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the most common thoughts that are traditionally repeated are: may I be happy, may I be safe, may I be healthy, may I grow in love and compassion. Also, traditionally, metta is first practiced for oneself and then spreads to a close person, then to acquaintances and family, then to fellow citizens and strangers, in order to ultimately encompass all living beings on the planet in the same tone of love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The basis of metta meditation is mindfulness, which means that we are aware, have a calm heart and a clear mind, so that we do not get carried away by love, but strive to create a space of compassion in which we can understand the pain, fear or restlessness of ourselves and others. Metta is not an escape to a place without pain, but a cure, a support for the pain that is present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few examples of guided metta meditations by famous world teachers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eBbBxMNUOtk&amp;t=2136s\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eBbBxMNUOtk&amp;t=2136s\" target=\"_blank\">Ven Ajahn Brahm &#8211; Metta Meditation<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e-TeW9CI0bc\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e-TeW9CI0bc\" target=\"_blank\">10 Minute Lovingkindness Meditation with Sharon Salzberg<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KQsC2syk4VE&amp;t=606s\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KQsC2syk4VE&amp;t=606s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Holding the Entire World with Loving-kindness &#8211; Ajahn Achalo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vo\u0111ena online Metta meditacija\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i3HLTST5ThQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metta &#8211; meditation of love Metta is a form of meditation from the Buddhist tradition in which we repeat thoughts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33,34],"class_list":["post-1704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meditation","category-mindfulness-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tena.yoga\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tena.yoga\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tena.yoga\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tena.yoga\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tena.yoga\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1704"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tena.yoga\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5615,"href":"https:\/\/tena.yoga\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704\/revisions\/5615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tena.yoga\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tena.yoga\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tena.yoga\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}