Metta (or loving kindness)
 

I don't understand why some people think that metta meditation is inferior to other types of meditation when it allows us to tap into the love and compassion within us, which tends to lead to better relationships in personal life, business, and other areas...

I guess it's not fair to judge meditation based on its utility in everyday life, but I feel like it at least deserves more mention and respect because it reminds us to let go of the ego and embrace the oneness of things.

It's unfortunate that people have to compare different types of meditation when it's best for us to just use what works for us and not shame others for choosing different paths.

Agree ......

I wouldn't rank metta meditation as inferior but it works in conjunction with mindfulness rather than as something a seperate.



Mindfulness is for purification or healing, overcoming sorrow/trauma, staying the path of truth, and liberation. After a reasonable degree of purification, the love of the universe rises through the life-form, which is the metta aspect of meditation. If you are not spontaneously radiating loving-kindness you would continue mindfulness for further purification, but if loving kindness is radiating spontaneously, you could enhance that with deliberate practice as well.



To practice metta, one should ensure that their intent is pure. If mentally agitated/unsettled, one is likely to emanate negativity rather than loving kindness, in which case you'd be best off continuing with mindfulness until the agitation subsides and a more positive mind-state arises. Then you can be quite sure your metta meditation will emanate positivity untarnished by any angst.


In this sense, metta is different to mindfulness, but not really separate from it.

Agree ....