Notice in Zenquillity how we feel when we receive love.

Notice in Zenquillity how we feel when we receive love. As we experience ourself in the centre of a circle, all kinds of different emotions may arise. we may feel gratitude and awe, or we might feel kind of shy, like we would rather duck down and have all of these beings send loving kindness to one another and forget about us. Whatever emotion may arise, we just let it wash through us. our touchstone is those phrases—May I be happy. May I be peaceful… or whatever phrases you’ve chosen.

Zenquillity Learning to Receive the love of those who love us.

Zenquillity Learning to Receive the love of those who love us. Experience ourself as the recipient of the energy, attention, care, and regard of all of these beings in our circle of love. Silently repeat whatever phrases are expressive of that which we most wish for ourself, not just for today but in an enduring way. Phrases that are big and open, something like: May I be safe, be happy, be healthy. Live with ease of heart. May I be safe, be happy, be healthy. Live with ease of heart.

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Imagine that we are encircled by people who love us. Sitting comfortably, eyes open or closed, and imagine ourself in the centre of a circle made up of the most loving beings we’ve met. There may be some people in our circle who we’ve never met but have been inspired by. Maybe they exist now or they’ve existed historically, or even mythically.Got it.

Zenquillity Loving-kindfulness is done in the easiest way possible so that the experience springs forth most gently, most naturally.

Zenquillity Loving-kindfulness is done in the easiest way possible so that the experience springs forth most gently, most naturally. To do it in the most easiest way possible means first to use phrases that are personally meaningful. The traditional phrases as are taught, at least this one classical translation of them, begins with oneself:

May I be free from danger, may I know safety. Danger in that sense is both inner danger from the force of certain mind states, and outer danger. So, May I be free from danger. May I have mental happiness. May I have physical happiness. May I have ease of well-being—which means may I not have to struggle terribly, day by day, with livelihood, with family issues.


Let your mind rest in the phrases. You can be aware of the phrases either with the breath or just in themselves—the focus of the attention is the phrases. Let your mind rest within them. The feelings will come and go.

May I be free from danger, may I have mental happiness, but really, you should use any phrases that are powerful for you. They need to be meaningful not just in a very temporary way—May I get to this course okay—but something profound that you would wish for yourself and wish for others. Thoughts are very important in doing loving-kindness—not to struggle to get a certain kind of feeling. Let your mind rest in the phrases. You can be aware of the phrases either with the breath or just in themselves—the focus of the attention is the phrases. Let your mind rest within them. The feelings will come and go.

Sometimes it will feel quite glorious, it will be extraordinary.

Sometimes, many times, it will be very very ordinary, very dry or very mechanical—but it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t mean that nothing is happening or that it’s not working. What’s important is to do it, is to form that intention in the mind because we’re uniting the power of loving-kindfulness and the power of intention and that is what will produce the effect of that free flow of loving-kindfulness.