Continuing practicing to bring up someone who inspires us genuine uninterested love, so we can move on to wish metta for ourselves for the benefit of transforming our hearts

As our meditation practice matures, we may recognize the importance of relinquishing opinions, grudges, judgments, and resentments through honest reconciliation. This is the path of the heart that leads to deeper wisdom and peace. We will learn about these 4 important practices of reconciliation: Reconciliation for the times we’ve been hard on ourselves Reconciliation to those we’ve hurt Reconciliation to those who’ve hurt us Reconciliation with the way things are

Two forms of practicing loving kindness are explored here: Dry– thoughts based, and wet– emotions based.

After an introduction to metta meditation, a guided meditation which includes the categories of benefactor, self, dear friend and a neutral being.

We begin with about 7-8 minutes of developing stability of attention and less distraction, through concentration practice or some other practice. We then explore several aspects of how we "construct" experience. We look at impermanence in several ways, noticing the arising, staying and changing, and passing away with (1) the breath, (2) body sensations, (3) sounds, and (4) the open flow of experience (about 3 minutes). Then there is a period of mindfulness practice with the additional instruction of looking out for a moderate or strong sense of self. We close with a short period of a heart practice such as lovingkindness or compassion.