laramie

In Shivasana: let go of everything; let it be where it is, what it is, how it is.

Let your heart fill with compassion,
like a gentle light suffusing you in every part.
Let yourself fill with compassion for yourself:
Weak and strong,
Wise and foolish,
Needy, fearful, brave,
Confident, Insecure,
Capable, stumbling, human.
Feel compassion filling every corner of your soul, until it overflows.
Let the compassion flow out to embrace
those nearest and dearest to you: friends, family, pets.
Let your compassion flow out to your wider community,
to all the people you know: friendly, indifferent, hostile.
Let your compassion flow out to those you know only by reputation:
those you admire, those you don't, those you oppose.
Let your compassion flow out to the wide world of those you do not know
and never will.
Let your compassion extend to the ends of the Universe.