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Meditation Reflection Day 2 (Where is the love?)



Hi, folks. I hope all is well with you all today. I just finished a 7 minute 'Loving Kindness Meditation' and it felt good.

The purpose of the practice was to connect with others and myself with love by repeating a short mantra.

First, you think about yourself and offer unconditional love, and then this extended out to someone close to you, and then all other humans and animals.

Some interesting thoughts arose during this practice. Namely, when I offered love to all humans, I had flashes of people I've recently felt and spoken negatively towards. The practice allowed me to see that their behavior was just a manifestation of their current situation in life and not a true reflection of who they are as a human. We shouldn't judge people on their present behavior as there are so many factors that cause people to act in ways that they later regret. In fact, most of my behavior throughout the day I later reflect upon and think 'Why did I say that' or 'Why didn't I do that differently'. Thus, the way we perceive people is often colored by external forces that they or we have no control over , so we should give people more space and not judge them so harshly.

Of course, this begs the the following question: How can we stop others walking on top of us and treating us unfairly. If someone is behaving towards us or our loved ones in a way that demands confrontation, how should we perceive them?

I'm not sure of the answer to this question yet, but what I do know is I shouldn't judge people so readily, and should take a step back, breathe and reflect during a moment of quiet before making any decisions about people that have negative ramifications.

That's all for today people. Have a great day.

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