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The Four Immeasurables
taiyaki
Veteran
The Four Immeasurables are:
loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity.
i've been recently learning to practice these consciously along with my practice in mindfulness.
when it comes to meditation, these four are great to cultivate as it sets the ground for my meditation session.
i am curious how and what other practitioners do.
i'd like this to be a practical thread on what exactly we can do to cultivates these states of well-being.
for most of these i direct my mindfulness towards my heart or the middle of my chest. then i imagine my chest open up like a flower. i think about all the things in my life i am grateful for. then i feel that sense of gratitude and think about all the good things that are happening to people i know. with such feeling building and building i bring my attention to myself and others and accept everything as it is. this brings about peace and acceptance. then from this acceptance, i think about all the suffering in the world and i feel the desire to help others.
alright your turn.
loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity.
i've been recently learning to practice these consciously along with my practice in mindfulness.
when it comes to meditation, these four are great to cultivate as it sets the ground for my meditation session.
i am curious how and what other practitioners do.
i'd like this to be a practical thread on what exactly we can do to cultivates these states of well-being.
for most of these i direct my mindfulness towards my heart or the middle of my chest. then i imagine my chest open up like a flower. i think about all the things in my life i am grateful for. then i feel that sense of gratitude and think about all the good things that are happening to people i know. with such feeling building and building i bring my attention to myself and others and accept everything as it is. this brings about peace and acceptance. then from this acceptance, i think about all the suffering in the world and i feel the desire to help others.
alright your turn.
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I have many people that I know are suffering or i even feel anger towards or hurt by. So if i am not getting into that 'mind off' moment I sit and see them before me. I have recently been more focused on sympathetic joy, imagining what they want or a positive near future. When that person comes into my mind with a flash of hurt or anger or extreme over concern I usually pick compassion and take a few deep breathes for them (it does not always work, no sainthood here).
Okay one thought on sympathetic joy. one reminder that we are getting into ego centeredness is self pity or not being to feel happiness for another. When i focus on sympathetic joy i can tell my overall status.
For example : envy...."oh wait...I'm being envious...." -> sympathetic joy
Actually envy is something I don't really experience, but you get the picture.
it's the whole fake it til you make it attitude.
so if i feel fear or anxiety, i allow it then i force myself to interpret it as just sensation then bring feeling of love and joy. just by faking it, all the fear and anxiety goes away.
just a tool. it is interest how you can manipulate experience so easily.