Atisha’s heart meditation is a beautiful way to learn and expand our capacity for genuine compassion – by starting first with ourselves and then expanding outward, we create healing and “light” energy for ourselves and our world.

“The moment you take all the sufferings of the world inside you, they are no longer sufferings. The heart immediately transforms the energy. The heart is a transforming force: drink in misery, and it is transformed into blissfulness… then pour it out. Once you have learned that your heart can do this magic, this miracle, you would like to do it again and again.”

—Osho The Book of Wisdom