@Lal said “When one has extreme version of kama raga (abhijja), the power of the metta bhavana is the weakest. One is just reciting without much effect.”
Absolutely; it’s elementary. Now it’s also depending on gathi, on specific kamma.
Some people look kind and compassionate to everybody despite being unaware of the Dhamma.
They are all the time talking about and furthering “unconditional love” (see social networks).
Yet such attitude can but be a mood/disposition thus fragile because not Dhamma-grounded.
