Four Fields of Inner Infinity · Tune Your Empathic Bridges
⁘ “Into a quartet of vast and noble abidings of awareness. Empathic bridges into the sorrows and delights of other beings. Broad-reaching benevolence — detachment from over-involvement. These mature into vast fields of universal awareness. ”
May all beings be happy.
A most noble intention.
Rooted in compassion and kindness.
So we have this quartet of vast and noble abidings of awareness,
worthy to be mused upon by the wise.
A negative empathic bridge of resonance,
a feeling of sameness with the struggles of other sentient beings.
A positive emotional bridge of resonance,
a feeling of sameness with the success and fulfillment of others.
May all these living beings reach the best of their destinations
in the fullness of their life-cycles.
You can't fix everything for everyone.
You can't coerce them for doing what's best for them.
So that in short is the quartet of worthy inner abidings.
Broad goodwill.
Sorrowful empathy.
Joyful empathy.
Equanimity.
If we can find these tunings for all living beings –
those we like, those we hate, and those we are neutral about –
in time we enter a most vast field of universal awareness.