On mettā
For change is the only constant
And that change is a constantly
Changing changelessness
To accept your limited freedom is
To test the limits of its bounds
To doubt your doubts is to know
That the only way to find out
Is to go all the way through
To notice your separateness
Is only a perceived absence
Created by what is always present
To not separate good from bad
For it is the act of denial that
Creates the desired and undesired
Because all happenings form a unity
And are as it were spun together
Hey, I'm Myron
Designer and founder of Mettā.
I'm on a mission to help people live more intentionally. The very word intention (from Latin intentio) means a "stretching to", to aim at something. Even at our noblest, we want to get to something; whether to improvement, or love, or strength, or security. Hope and optimism are what drive our human spirit to survive and transcend. Faith is embedded in our neurons and in our genes. I believe that everyone has the power to transcend themselves waiting to bust out and fulfil their destiny here on Earth.
Framed as mettā bhavana-esque suttas, mettā cards are simple, bite-sized, actionable reminders that you can use to break out of old ways of thinking. In creating them, I drew on my experience as an information designer and meditator to design better affirmations—affirmations steeped in practical wisdom. They extend traditional wisdom with contemporary ideas from and across cultures, current conversations, and some useful mental models.
How it got made
Long before I found a printer who could do this properly, I tried making the cards myself. Printing them, trimming them, applying the coating by hand, one at a time. It taught me exactly how much I didn't know about making a physical thing — and needless to say, it was nowhere near what a real card printer can do. The deck is printed properly now. That first hand-made stack is the reason I know the difference.
Where the cards live
The cards are free, open-source, and online — that does not change. This site is where they are published. Two more places carry the same deck.
metta.cards
The whole deck in your browser. Draw a card and turn it over, or open the deck and read straight through it. Install it to your home screen and it keeps working once you have opened it, signal or no signal.
It reads the deck from this site, so a card that changes here changes there.
Mettā on Apple Watch
Not out yetA card for the day on your wrist. Turn the crown to move through the deck, tap to read the verse underneath.
A complication carries the card's opening line onto the watch face, so it is there when you glance down — not something you have to go and open.
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