What loving your enemy does

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If a person continues to engage
in this kind of meditative practice,

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the notion of feeling love
and compassion for others

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even if it is feeling of love
and compassion for an enemy,

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for someone who theoretically you should
hate or who has done bad things to you.

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As you do these kinds of practices,

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your brain can actually move into
a different state of consciousness.

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And it can actually be totally infused
with these very positive feelings.

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So it can be a kind of mystical
experience and a trance state

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that changes the entire way
of the person's brain functioning.

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Many different parts of the brain
then start to turn on and off

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depending on what the person
is actually feeling.

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The person may not only feel

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a sense of love and compassion
for another individual,

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but may sense a profound
connection to that person.

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They feel that they are intimately
connected with other people

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whether it's specific people
or humanity in general.

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And that sense of connectedness
is also an important part

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of that feeling of love
and compassion for people.