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by hrnnnnnn 1766 days ago
Whenever I've looked to Buddhist sources for meditation instruction, they've usually stressed the importance of "metta" or "loving-kindness" meditation. This practice involves generating empathy towards yourself, those close to you, neutral people, and enemies or "difficult" people.

This seems designed exactly to counteract the self-focus tendency the article mentions.

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I'm not sure that meditating on loving-kindness results in actual action though.
Why not give it a go? Worst case you lose a few minutes of your time.