Love and Loving Kindness Works
Loving-kindness is defined as an openhearted nurturing to ourselves and others. The golden rule says, “Treat others just the way you want to be treated.” Kindness and compassion are all qualities that live in humans. By practicing kindness toward others we give a gift to ourselves and it has benefits just by doing it.
There is a scientific evidence for why loving kindness works. Our emotions are shaped by our thoughts. Our loving-kindness practice helps us to feel more positive, kind, and patient toward ourselves, so that we can be more compassionate and loving toward others. Opening our hearts to others in a kindness way can lower stress levels and it makes us happier. Also, practicing this can create friendship and not judging other people.
The practice of compassion starts at home. Maybe one of your family members might irritate you the most and you can begin your practice of loving-kindness and compassion with them. Then gradually you extend your compassion out into the community. Extending compassion in this way makes it not very easy to have compassion for all sinful beings but when we actually try to generate compassion for each and every individual, it becomes much more challenging.
The Bible teaches us to love your enemies and do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either. Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back and as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them in Luke 6:27-31. There is another verse in John 13:34 that says, “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.” This verse means that God loves us and we too have to love others. We will have God’s blessing by obeying God’s command.
Another beneficial gift is that the more
There is a scientific evidence for why loving kindness works. Our emotions are shaped by our thoughts. Our loving-kindness practice helps us to feel more positive, kind, and patient toward ourselves, so that we can be more compassionate and loving toward others. Opening our hearts to others in a kindness way can lower stress levels and it makes us happier. Also, practicing this can create friendship and not judging other people.
The practice of compassion starts at home. Maybe one of your family members might irritate you the most and you can begin your practice of loving-kindness and compassion with them. Then gradually you extend your compassion out into the community. Extending compassion in this way makes it not very easy to have compassion for all sinful beings but when we actually try to generate compassion for each and every individual, it becomes much more challenging.
The Bible teaches us to love your enemies and do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either. Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back and as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them in Luke 6:27-31. There is another verse in John 13:34 that says, “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.” This verse means that God loves us and we too have to love others. We will have God’s blessing by obeying God’s command.
Another beneficial gift is that the more