We often treat love and happiness as weather patterns—feelings that simply happen to us when conditions are right. But what if they are actually muscles that can be trained?In today’s 5-minute briefing on Sharon Salzberg’s spiritual classic “Lovingkindness,” we explore the ancient practice of Metta. Discover why true happiness doesn’t come from changing your life’s circumstances, but from changing your relationship to them, starting with the most difficult person to love: yourself.
Sharon Salzberg is a renowned teacher of Buddhist meditation and a central figure in bringing mindfulness practice to the West. She is a co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, Massachusetts, established in 1974 with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein. An authority on …

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