Paragraph descriptions in **[[Expressions of Metta]]**: - [[Expressions of Metta#Metta is a constallation of feelings|Metta is a constallation of feelings.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Metta can also be colored by compassion|Metta can also be colored by compassion.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Categories are not fixed they are just a tool|Categories are not fixed, they are just a tool.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Category "the self"|Category "the self".]] - [[Expressions of Metta#It can be a habit to not give love to ourselves|It can be a habit to not give love to ourselves.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#According to the Buddha your're worthy of giving love to yourself|According to the Buddha, your're worthy of giving love to yourself.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#The near enemy of metta is attached love|The near enemy of metta is attached love.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Don't judge or push away attachment but rather learn about it|Don't judge or push away attachment, but rather learn about it.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Category "friend"|Category "friend".]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Re-parenting ourselves|Re-parenting ourselves.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Metta being unconditioned and boundless can seem a bit unreal "metta machine"|Metta being unconditioned and boundless can seem a bit unreal ("metta machine")]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Relationship to Anatta|Relationship to Anatta.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#It's an infinite web that has given rise to this appearence|It's an infinite web that has given rise to this appearence.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Everything is always embedded in all of life|Everything is always embedded in all of life.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Do we really have a full relationship with life or do we shave it down to a kind of spiritual ideal|Do we really have a full relationship with life, or do we shave it down to a kind of spiritual ideal?]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Kahlil Gibran "The Prophet"|Kahlil Gibran "The Prophet".]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Tomorrow's category "neutral"|Tomorrow's category: "neutral".]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Clinging and the self are mutually dependent|Clinging and the self are mutually dependent.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#The more self-sense there is the more others are viewed as irrelevant|The more self-sense there is, the more others are viewed as irrelevant.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#"No" in the context of metta|"No" in the context of metta.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Anger turned inside ending up in depression|Anger turned inside, ending up in depression.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Anger is complicated|Anger is complicated.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#With anger we often don't see the wider web of conditions|With anger we often don't see the wider web of conditions.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Anger can be blind to its causes and effects|Anger can be blind to its causes and effects.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Story Pummeling the punshing bag to get out the anger|Story: Pummeling the punshing bag to get out the anger.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#But what feels like it should get out is actually building the anger|But what feels like it should get out is actually building the anger.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Anger can also be blind to itself|Anger can also be blind to itself.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#With regard to anger keep investigating|With regard to anger, keep investigating.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#When anger is thrown at us it's difficult to not automatically go into reactive mode|When anger is thrown at us, it's difficult to not automatically go into reactive mode.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#It might be easier to vent the anger but then we are building a habit of that|It might be easier to vent the anger, but then we are building a habit of that.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Practice not dumping anger on the other person|Practice not dumping anger on the other person.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#If we make mistakes in that practice a "sorry" goes a long way|If we make mistakes in that practice, a "sorry" goes a long way.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Story how to be human together|Story: how to be human together.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#The intention not to retaliate has to be real|The intention not to retaliate has to be real.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#We are not obliged to bear anyone else's angry energy|We are not obliged to bear anyone else's angry energy.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#After a "yeah give it to me" can take weeks to recover energetically|After a "yeah, give it to me" can take weeks to recover energetically.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#What allows anger to escalate is that we or another person feels unheard|What allows anger to escalate is that we or another person feels unheard.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Someone at some point has to soften|Someone at some point has to soften.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Expressing gentleness and care with the body|Expressing gentleness and care with the body.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Experiment with touching your hands your arms|Experiment with touching your hands, your arms.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Feet touching the earth|Feet touching the earth.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Express love as attentiveness via the eyes|Express love as attentiveness via the eyes.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Slowness|Slowness.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#What is it to be slow on the high street without the agenda of _what I want_|What is it to be slow, on the high street, without the agenda of _what I want_.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#When we drop _what I want_ the heart opens|When we drop _what I want_, the heart opens.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Dropping _what I want_ brings into the being a kind of stillness|Dropping _what I want_ brings into the being a kind of stillness.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Flotsam and jetsam can just settle|Flotsam and jetsam can just settle.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Guilt and remorse|Guilt and remorse.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Mystical sense of silence|Mystical sense of silence.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#"Keeping quiet" Pablo Neruda|"Keeping quiet" (Pablo Neruda)]] - [[Expressions of Metta#The silence begins to stand out embrace everything|The silence begins to stand out, embrace everything.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Love as I kind of holding|Love as I kind of holding.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Love being unveiled somehow it's there all the time|Love being unveiled, somehow it's there all the time.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Letter from a yogi|Letter from a yogi.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Dear Rob|Dear Rob.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#What was needed was a pure embrace of loving-kindness|What was needed was a pure embrace of loving-kindness.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Even the unloved is surrounded by love all the time anyway|Even the unloved is surrounded by love all the time anyway.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#We are never able to embrace unconditional love; it embraces us|We are never able to embrace unconditional love; it embraces us.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Perceptions are changing and opening|Perceptions are changing and opening.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Experiment with letting the phrases go|Experiment with letting the phrases go.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#Communion of hearts|Communion of hearts.]] - [[Expressions of Metta#A sense of merging begins to question our taken-for-granted perception of separation|A sense of merging begins to question our taken-for-granted perception of separation.]]