Compassion to Love Meditation

This meditation comes from Compassionate San Antonio (www.sacompassion.net) and uses a 10 bead repetition of the alphabetical mnemonic designed by Dr. James Doty, CCARE Standford University.

It begins with Compassion and Ends with Love resulting in the Golden Rule: “Treat others and the Planet as you wish to be treated.”

Compassion

Photo by Bobbi Misiti

Dignity

Equanimity

Forgiveness          

Gratitude

Humility

Integrity

Justice

Kindness

Love

and the Golden Rule.

How I use this meditation:  I like this meditation when I am feeling challenged by a particular person or event.  I hold the person or matter in my thoughts as I sit and spin the beads.  I just repeat the words Compassion, Dignity, Equanimity, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Humility, Integrity, Justice, Kindness, and Love.  And then when I reach the golden bead I remember the Golden Rule.  

This very much helps me soften to the person and reminds me to think of them with these qualities.  It often changes the situation to a more positive event for me.

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