For reasons that completely escape me, there is an almost cyclical pattern to the practice. At times, I am able to connect quickly and deeply to metta and karuna while at others, it feels as though a scale had grown over my heart. I have a sneaking suspicion that this scale had grown there to protect me from the discomfort of opening to the pain of others but I may be wrong. As always, the only sure thing is to keep practicing, too keep trying different techniques and approaches to soften and remove the scales.
Posted by: Michael Rickicki | 07/18/2017
A Scale Over the Heart
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..and don’t forget to love yourself 🙂 you are the most important person in your life!
Best love affair ever….(techniques are not such important 🙂
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By: Ven.dhammadipa on 07/18/2017
at 4:35 pm
Ayya,
As always, thank you!
Mettaya,
M
By: Upāsaka on 07/18/2017
at 5:06 pm