Metta has received plenty of attention and focus of practice. Is it necessary to only feel subtle sensations while giving metta or is it only required to be equanimous while giving metta. By reading your answer i understand that the buddha taught metta sutra as a tool to develop loving kindness or friendliness towards all beings, and he did not want us to take.
Metta meditation meditation is a buddhist technique primarily used for relaxing the mind, such as metta/samatha, and developing skills that aid in understanding the nature of the. Even a search of buddhism se shows over 170 posts with the word metta in it. I come from a theravada background because i like how seriously they (forest tradition) take the vinaya, and their pragmatic approach to the teachings.
How is metta compatible with anatta and dukkha? I have sometimes felt painful sensations that cannot be. Would a civilization based on the teachings of buddha ever had a need for military force? Metta and mudita (sypathetic joy) may switch places, depending on your mood.
What practise to do to fill your heart with metta? You can feel like crap but still be happy when you see a baby laughing, for example, and when. Doesn't metta imply that there are people and that they can be happy, whereas anatta and dukkha being characteristic of all. What kind of meditation or what to do the meditation?