Instead, true love involves realizing that you’ve become one together: In a deep relationship, there’s no longer a boundary between you and the other person. Metta meditation can be practiced in part or in full. Once we love and take care of ourselves, we can be much more helpful to others. Metta meditation is a practice of cultivating understanding, love, and compassion by looking deeply, first for ourselves and then for others. We must recognize them as part of us and allow them into our consciousness, where they can be cared for by the loving mother of mindfulness. Thich Nhat Hanh says that when it comes to love, there’s no I. Gouache on watercolor or paper, 30' x 23'. He explains that we must not regard these things as bad and repress them. In Sanskrit, these are maitri (also known as metta), karuna, mudita, and upeksha, also known as the Brahmaviharas. In the concluding section of the book, Thich Nhat Hanh explains how we can bring love to bear on our own pain, fear, and negativity. The Four Elements of True Love Thich Nhat Hanh MaTrue love is made of four elements: loving kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. He goes on to offer a mantra practice for cultivating real love that consists of expressing four key statements or intentions in our relationships. Toward that end, he offers the technique of conscious breathing as a way of synchronizing the mind and the body and establishing the conditions for love. In "True Love", Thich Nhat Hanh explains that in order to love in a real way, we need to learn how to be fully present in our lives. In his characteristically direct, simple, and sweet style, he explores the four key aspects of love as described in the Buddhist tradition: lovingkindness, compassion, joy, and freedom. In this little treasure, Thich Nhat Hanh offers us a Buddhist view of love along with techniques for manifesting it in our daily lives.
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