2016-04-29
12 分钟Today's good Life project riff is about something called the four immeasurables applied to the world of business and work.
So there's something in Buddhism called the four immeasurables.
And those things are loving kindness, compassion, appreciative joy, and equanimity.
So I think about them a lot.
In fact, they're engraved in Sanskrit and my wedding band.
And each serves as a constant reminder of how I strive to live in the world.
And it'd be nice if I didn't need to be reminded.
But like you, I'm human.
I have nice days and not so nice days.
And that's really the point.
The immeasurables are intended to be focusing ideas for meditation within the larger context of life.
They're the touchstones to bring you back to an understanding both of what matters and how truly interconnected we all are.
So I've also spent a lot of time exploring what might happen if you leaned on these principles not just as touchstones for life, but actually as guiding tenets for your career and for business.
You know, if you are building a private practice, what would happen if you leaned on it for that?
So why don't we dive into this a little bit?
Starting with loving kindness.
So, in the context of life, lovingkindness is often interpreted as the wish that all others experience joy and happiness.
And this usually starts with a focus on those you know or have some connection to, and then extends to a meditation for joy and fulfillment for everyone.
In fact, it very often starts with you as the focal point.
Then someone you care about deeply, someone you don't, you know, or sort of is in your life, but you really don't know or have feelings about, then very often somebody who you have negative feelings for, and then the greater world around you.