Metta Sutta

I don't want to go into the details, and I'm probably going about it all wrong. I was reading the metta sutta today. I'm striving to be "Contented and easily satisfied" as it says in one translation of the Metta Sutta. I made a meal the other day which I called starvation carrots. That was being dramatic, it was actually good.

"Whatever living beings there may be; Whether they are weak or strong, omitting none" That to me means you should be vegan. Take special care of young and old. Whether you know them or not. "omitting none" means you can't justify anything beyond kindness. Not because they're Muslim. Not because their ideologies lead to killing many others. Not because they hurt me. I don't have to be a doormat that a person scrapes their feet on. But I don't have to transform into revenge justice man.

"Whether standing or walking, seated or lying down" It's not just in meditation. 

"One should sustain this recollection." The mindfulness of the Dharma, one of the 4 mindfulnesses. Also body, feelings, and others.

"By not holding to fixed views" You're not going to quibble, you won't get tangled in a dispute.

"Being freed from all sense desires, Is not born again into this world." I personally don't dismiss reincarnation but with exhaustive exploration, I'm not feeling it. I could be wrong and there is no tradition that doesn't include it. To me it's more about losing the desire to live forever, to have a undying soul. As humans we have a survival instinct, we want to live. You have to be really depressed to kill yourself. It's not easy to override it for most people. Instincts are hard, the desire for sex is another.