ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Mettā

Mettā is a kind of meditation where you wish kindness and good things for other people. When you do Mettā meditation, you imagine sending out loving and positive thoughts to different people and things. You might picture sending loving kindness to each person you know, your community, and the world on a whole. The idea is that by wishing kind things for others, you will spread kindness and help make the world a better place.