Valentine’s Day comes around again this week, perhaps being one day in the year that gets many people thinking about love. The Christian priest Saint Valentine was martyred for practising Christianity and continuing to marry Christian couples against the orders of Roman Emperor Claudius II, and it was the poet Chaucer who was instrumental in linking his acts of devotion with romantic love. But when we talk about love, we’re talking about a vital, pervading force in the universe that many know as being divine. This kind of love, and specifically lovingkindness, is vital for intention work and prayer, as we’ll explore in this episode. We also offer a guided lovingkindness (mettā) meditation that you may wish to enjoy with us. The meditation starts at 16 minutes 55 seconds. Suggested Intention Focus for this week This week, as we appreciate the importance of welcoming and offering lovingkindness in our intention holding and intercession, we suggest holding as our main intention: I acknowledge the importance of embracing and sharing lovingkindness in the work of intention holding and prayer, and resolve to regularly pursue practices such as meditation to welcome lovingkindness into my life and to will this for others. Please join us in regularly remembering and putting this personal commitment into practice. The standard form of the Ho’oponopono prayer is: I'm sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love you. Chapter markers: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:05 Exploring Loving Kindness 00:05:02 The Importance of Loving Kindness 00:08:09 Activism and Authenticity 00:11:52 Practicing Loving Kindness 00:16:55 Guided Meditation for Loving Kindness 00:25:37 Embracing Loving Kindness in Everyday Life Books and resources referred to in this episode: Groundedness episode https://www.heartfulimpact.com/e/embracing-groundedness-for-spiritual-growth/ ‘The Heart of Lovingkindness, How to live from the heart’ by Clive Johnson https://www.clivejohnsonvoiceovers.co.uk/lp/heartoflovingkindness.html https://insighttimer.com/cliverj Daily lovingkindness meditation with Clive on Insight Timer. Sources referenced in this episode: https://www.templeton.org/news/without-love-we-perish https://conversatio.org/the-hearts-desires/ Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 1899, cited at https://psychology.wikia.org/wiki/Mettā. Coverdale and the First Complete Printed English Bible, https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2012408. Join us in person for intention holding: https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/events-1 Labyrinth Activist Network Zoom calls https://insighttimer.com/cliverj Daily intention holding with Clive on Insight Timer. Our websites: www.heartfulimpact.com/ Our show website. https://globalhealingresponse.com/ Global Healing Response ~ Offers a wealth of prayers, suggested practices and prompts in response to environmental catastrophe, conflict, and other world events. https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/ Legacy Labyrinth Project ~ Creating global energetic connections through the labyrinth; inspiring active intention sending using the labyrinth via labyrinth activism. https://www.clivejohnsonministry.com/ Clive Johnson Ministry ~ Events and offerings aimed at building beloved community, including weekly energy holding vigils and Power of Eight group. https://insighttimer.com/cliverj ~ Daily intention holding. Impact! Is presented by Ellen Bintz and Clive Johnson. It is produced by Impact Productions. Our show content is hosted by Podbean and available from all major podcast platforms. Our theme music is by Chris Collins. indiemusicbox.com. Our logo artwork is by AltoClassic (Getty Images/istock). Contact us via Facebook Messenger from the Impact! Facebook group, or using any of the contact methods mentioned on our websites. Impact! www.heartfulimpact.com.
