Meditation

How to get started with meditation? For most people, with meditation focusing on the breath and then generating love.

Extend your love for all others to be happy, to overcome feeling isolated and alone.

Flow with the inevitable changes in life, to stay in tune with the present moment.

Accept the inevitability of death, to make a difference while you still can.

Distinguish the person from their behavior, to forgive them without condoning their actions.

Think before acting or speaking compulsively, to prevent later feeling regret.

Take a broad view of yourself, to stop exaggerating mistakes and forgive yourself.

Work on shortcomings and potentials, to avoid depression at your life going nowhere.

Rejoice at being free to work on improving yourself, to get over self-pity.

Buddhist methods for developing compassion, the beneficial state of mind wishing for others to be free of their suffering.