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I was able to all asleep tonight with help from the internet, specifically this Wikipedia page. In trying to wrap my head around the idea of compassionate loving-kindness for all sentient beings, I was able to fall asleep. I even continued trying to love all humankind on the PATH train this morning. (I was very, very sleepy this morning, which helped.)

Metta meditation seems very hard to me, but just the attempt exhausted my brain and made the bad thoughts go away.

It's hard not to like the idea, anyway:

The six stages of mett? bh?van? are cultivating loving-kindness towards:

Yourself
A good friend
A 'neutral' person
A difficult person
All four
and then gradually the entire universe

It's really beautiful, right?

Wishing: In gladness and in safety,
May all beings be at ease.
Whatever living beings there may be;
Whether they are weak or strong, omitting none,
The great or the mighty, medium, short or small,
The seen and the unseen,
Those living near and far away,
Those born and to-be-born,
May all beings be at ease!

I will read more about this.

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