This guided meditation focuses attention the cultivation of empathetic joy, which supports and celebrates the success and happiness of another sentient being.  This experience is most often related to the joy of another human, but can also be experienced regarding pets or other animals we encounter.  During the contemplation you are invited to recall the feelings experienced while being the recipient of another person’s generosity or good will as the memory resource, which is then accessed while celebrating the happiness of others.  Comments during the meditation are provided to support recognizing and disregarding what are called the far enemy or the near enemy of sympathetic joy, through applying mindfulness, investigation of mental phenomena and Right Effort.

This meditation is intended to accompany the Dharma talk entitled “Celebrating the Happiness of Others” recorded and posted the same day, February 9, 2022.