NEW232Y1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mudita, Chesed, Trait Theory
Document Summary
Love and kindness meditation are based on right intention or thought. This can be also applying to non-religious setting. This path of spiritual transformation: begins with cultivating appreciation of our interdependence connection with others through generosity, non- harming. We come to experience wisdom through becoming deeply aware of the suffering caused by separation. Although this is a cultivating a mindful way of being, the repetition of phrases of positive intention is distinct from the mindfulness meditation practice. Lkm is a quality of the heart that recognizes our mutual interconnection rather than the mind which is focused on the mindfulness. Sometimes it describes as extending friendship to ourselves and others. Inner knowing that all our lives are inextricably intertwined. When we understand lkm we know that everyone shares the same wish to be happy, and we are similar in terms of how to achieve that happiness. Lk is essentially a form of spirit generosity, an offering of the heart.
