Repeat (i.e send loving intentions to others on a regular basis).
The word ‘practice’ means to perform something repeatedly until its skill is acquired. So, having experienced sending Loving Kindness to others for whom we care (step 4) to really affirm that our true nature is shared by everyone, and is not an exclusive experience, we need to repeat the practice of loving kindness often.
After sending loving intentions to people we love; we can turn a ripple of loving intention into a wave by sending loving thoughts to people you don’t know and have little chance of meeting – including those in the public eye who have perhaps been vilified or harshly misjudged.
In the book the All Seeing Boy and the Blue Sky of Happiness, the story ends when the All-Seeing Boy realises his experience of sending ‘blue skies of happiness’ (loving kindness) to other people, was not a one off experience. He realises he can practice it anywhere and at anytime.
The practice of loving kindness is especially powerful for anyone who has experienced the hunger to belong to a wider group or family. If you have ever felt like an outsider, or that you don’t belong, there is no faster way than the practice of Loving Kindness, to open your heart, and become re-enchanted with the world again.
Indeed, when we send loving intentions to others, and experience the joy that comes from remembering that our true nature is not exclusive, we realize that we were never disconnected in the first place.
To practice the Blue Sky Of Happiness meditation now, click here.
Thought for the day: Feed your hunger to belong, by sending loving intentions to others – both those you know, and those that don’t.
