Turn Your Body into a Wishing Jewel

This meditation is an incredibly vivid variation on tonglen that begins with a visualization of changing colors and shifting shapes. You take on the role of a cool rain cloud which eases the suffering of beings in the hot realms, slowly turning their world into a place of relief, comfort, and safety. The visualization expands into becoming everything they need to rediscover their own goodness. As the scene dissolves into a tiny paradise at your own heart, the practice leaves you with a quiet sense of joy and the reminder that compassion has the power to transform your world from the inside out.