RIGHT INTENTION
Cultivating Lovingkindness
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Whatever you intend,
whatever you plan, and whatever you have a tendency toward, that will
become the basis on which your mind is established. (SN 12.40) Develop
meditation on lovingkindness, for when you develop meditation on
lovingkindness, all ill will will be abandoned. (MN 62)
The manifestation of lovingkindness is the removal of annoyance. (Vm 9.93)
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Only one
experience occurs at a time. Each one replaces the one before it and is
itself replaced by the next. This happens in rapid succession as the
stream of consciousness flows on. It feels like a continuous event, much
as the still images displayed rapidly in a movie theater merge into a
flowing story, but in fact, each mind moment is organized around a
single object, with a single emotional response.
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This means that
when you are feeling kindly or benevolent toward a particular person or
in a particular situation, you cannot at the same time feel ill will or
anger or annoyance. The beauty of lovingkindness is that it replaces
negative emotions in the mind. Next time you feel even slightly annoyed
by someone or something, try conjuring up an attitude of kindness toward
something and watch the annoyance disappear.
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Tomorrow: Refraining from False Speech
One week from today: Cultivating Compassion
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