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Today I was going over some Buddhist meditations to create a sense of peace with the imperfection that comes with life. There's never enough sleep, not enough time, too many things to do, not enough understanding or patience, and sometimes not enough love or forgiveness. How can we center ourselves amongst negativity?
Reflections to find a sense of peace
Sit someplace peaceful, come to a calm place and reflect on yourself first because when you can love yourself, you can love others:
- I have some bad habits and faults, but am I really all that bad?
- Many things I do don't lead to perfect results but at least I try to do my best.
- Focus attention to the heart, sense a warm, loving feeling develop.
- We are all worthy to receive love.
- Let this loving feeling gradually fill up the body and radiate outward.
- Say:
May I be healed of problems, dissatisfaction and pain- Breathe in love with every breath and feel the healing power of giving yourself the space to be.
May I be able to forgive myself and find peace
May I be able to live from my heart
May I be happy, with only good thoughts and experiences.
- Now let this love stream out to others, the people around, family, friends, the street, town, country, the world.
- Remember people you don't necessarily like; they also just want to be happy.
- They need to feel loved, just like you.
- If someone did something that upset you, think about the cause of their behavior. Reflect: do I never make such a mistake? Do I always treat people perfectly?
- Can I expect others to be perfect all the time when I also do not manage that?
- Try to have the courage of breaking through the standard habits and overload them with thoughts of love instead.
- Say:
May you be healed of problems and pain- Don't be afraid your love will run out; true love is a never ending source of energy.
May you forgive yourself and find peace
May you be able to live from your heart
May you be happy and give happiness to others.
Thoughts of the expectation of perfection and the stress these expectations can cause:
- Who am I really, what are all my negative qualities?
- Does this mean I am the worst person in the world?
- How many people do I know without any negative qualities?
- Can I expect myself to be perfect, without any faults?
- What are my positive qualities?
- Can I not at least help people, care about them, generate compassion?
- Does not everybody have good and bad qualities?
- Why do I have to judge so hard on myself for being human, with good and bad qualities? Likewise for others?
- I can strive for love, compassion and betterment; these things are possible.
- Say:
May all people discover and develop their potential for loving kindness, compassion and patience.An exercise in expression and forgiveness of slights:
May all people be free from the problems caused by their confusion.
May all people find love and peace in their hearts.
- Visualize Buddhas and enlightened beings above and around you
- They shine their compassionate blessing upon you.
- Imagine being in front of the person you need to forgive or want forgiveness from
- In the presence of the enlightened beings, say what you have to say
- Tell them what you really feel and why you want to forgive or want their forgiveness
- Imagine this person looking at you with compassion and understanding
- While telling them about your anger and regret, radiate out all your love and compassion to this person
- Know the person understands you and answers with love and compassion shining from the heart
- Open your heart and accept love and forgiveness.
From my heart, I forgive you for whatever you did, intentional or not.Feel the warmth of healing between you.
May you be happy, free of confusion and understand yourself and the world.
Please forgive me for whatever I did to you, intentional or unintentional.
May we open our hearts and minds to meet in love and understanding.
Source: these meditations came from http://viewonbuddhism.org
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