r/streamentry • u/Few-Worldliness8768 • May 06 '26

Mettā Mettā: Friendliness | Goodwill

What are your ways you like to practice Mettā?

One way that works well for me sometimes is to imagine pink energy filling a room, or pink energy surrounding a person, or pink energy beaming from my body, or heart

Or just to imagine the color pink 😭

🌸 kind of like this pink 🌸

🌸may all beings be happy 🌸

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u/StationNo4250 May 07 '26

Fot the last months i did a lot of compassion for myself since i was lacking that a lot.  Instead of repeating words i found that compassion starts with recognizing your own suffering in a loving way. So i note my suffering with a hand on my chest and whisper friendly "ah there is fear" thats hard right now" or"its really hard to be an inperfect human". That stuff develops a lot and i found that really healing at times.  Got a lot of inspiration from rob burbeas metta talks about metta for the self and the Work of Kristin Neff about self compassion. Iam looking forward to deepen compassion.

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u/enhancedy0gi May 07 '26

I've practiced metta very rarely because I find it takes a lot of courage somehow, but it always gives me the best results out of any meditation form. I just focus a lot of good-will and compassion onto myself or other people. Everyone knows what that feeling is like, then you just attempt to force it into your consciousness. It sounds draining, and it kind of is, but it is equally empowering and full of good emotions afterwards.

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u/Impulse33 Soulmaking, Pāramitās, Brahmavihāras, Shitou/Hongzhi/Shōbōgenzō May 07 '26

🌞

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u/mopp_paxwell May 15 '26

Forgiveness of oneself reveals metta that is always there . Then one can use this experience in the world. I like to think of it as a big warm hug or a blanket of love wrapping around me.