{"id":4128,"date":"2015-09-19T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-19T14:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mindfulnessmatters\/?p=4128"},"modified":"2015-09-13T11:12:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-13T15:12:58","slug":"l-is-for-loving-kindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mindfulnessmatters\/2015\/09\/l-is-for-loving-kindness.html","title":{"rendered":"L is for Loving-kindness"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"11947510_955047331220709_8109541316708939430_n\"Mindfulness A to Z<\/em>\u00a0official release is 3 days away!<\/p>\n

Here is an excerpt from “L is for Loving-kindness”<\/p>\n

Buddhism retains a very strong tradition of deliberately opening our hearts to others. This practice is called \u201cloving-kindness\u201d or metta in Pali. It is interesting to note that the traditional practice of cultivating loving-kindness can either begin or end by focusing on ourselves. Either way, a core element of the practice is to cultivate feelings of loving-kindness for ourselves, too. Of course, it isn\u2019t healthy to develop narcissistic feelings of self-love, but neither is it healthy to live with feelings of unworthiness. The reason that Buddhists include cultivating loving-kindness for ourselves in the practice is because we can\u2019t very well love others if we don\u2019t love ourselves. True loving-kindness is indiscriminate and holds nothing in reserve.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

\u2014Arnie Kozak<\/a>, Mindfulness A to Z: 108 Insights for Awakening Now<\/p>\n

Available right now from Wisdom Publications<\/a> and wherever books are sold on September 22nd<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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