"Since I've started my discovery of meditation I've always felt practical teachings about the field of Metta were uncompleted and/or misunderstood. Metta is always treated as a small part of a greater teaching. The core of the teachings were missing. I remember countless times repeating blindly that I love and forgive the whole world, trying to mentally force happiness and love feelings, while feeling quite the opposite, often during trials and tribulations times... It felt to me I was trapped again in the core of what a lot of us are running from in our traditional religions, forcing things in the name of something greater than us... This is the problem once we start to work on our feelings and emotions, words are not enough. Focusing on our feelings, our sensations and our goodwill is key;

Thankfully Bhante Vimalaramsi and everyone teaching under his guidance really broke down a barrier when it comes to Metta processes, putting it at the heart of the purification processes we globally call meditation: because love is the root. I can say I have never really felt other tradition's ways of transmitting their teaching about Metta meditation until I stumbled upon Bhante Vimalaramsi's teachings".

J.H. France  Sept 20,2024