Four immeasurable states of the soul

[Nitiananda]

Then, the basic state of the soul in the Mahayana is the Four Dimensionalities: Holy Love, Holy Compassion, Holy Praise (joy of success and the happiness of others) and Holy Impartiality (equal treatment of all living beings, as well as an indifferent attitude to the return of one's own karma).
What is love in Mahayana? Meditation on the cultivation of this state begins with one person - from the one you prefer to everyone else, and then the consciousness expands and on others - the father, mother, spouse, friends and acquaintances. Remembering everyone you know, you gradually spread love to all living beings and sincerely wish them happiness, love, joy and meeting with the true Teachings: "Let this person, or this soul, or that living entity, let everyone I know , and everyone I do not know will be freed from suffering sooner, they will quickly free themselves from ignorance, quickly destroy worldly desires, quickly learn other worlds and find true happiness in Maha Nirvana. "
The next is Holy Compassion. Imagining all living beings in the same order, starting with the nearest ones, it is necessary to cultivate in their soul immeasurable compassion for them because their connection with the Truth is too weak, or because they continue to commit bad deeds. "This person is suffering now because of his past deeds, which he does now, without knowing the Law of Karma. He denies the Truth and believes that there are no worlds other than this. Even finding happiness, he does not understand how it is relative and fleeting. May he enter more quickly into the Stream of the True Law! "Compassion is a state of the soul, addressed to the primordial ignorance of all souls.
Human consciousness is an interesting thing. For all who surpass him in anything at all, it immediately reacts with jealousy and envy. But this dirt does not so much interfere with others as it does to itself. Conversely, sincere joy to the happiness and success of others makes a person strong and generous. The ability to rejoice over others is no less important than the ability to compassion. It also determines the tendency of man's spiritual development. It is not necessary to praise aloud at all - too frequent praise can lead to flattery on one side and conceit on the other. But admiration in the soul subconsciously will cause you to become the same. And it is especially useful to praise religious merit. To learn such qualities of the soul, it is necessary in the same order to imagine the faces of people, to find their good and wholeheartedly to praise them for it.
The final stage of meditation of the Four Dimensionalities involves two aspects: the outer - an immeasurably equal relation to all living beings - and the inner one - the immense indifference to the return of one's own karma - both good and bad. During this meditation, it is necessary to imagine two people next to you - the one who likes and the one who is unpleasant. It is desirable that they perform certain actions related to you: they concern you, give something, etc. And you, when comparing your reaction to their actions, should gain an understanding of the fact that we have been making incarnations for so long that almost all living beings could once be our parents and children and that in fact, there is no difference between them. If someone is unpleasant or dirty to you - give him the Teaching! And you will see how quickly the true law can change both the appearance and the soul of man.
Or, recalling various situations in the memory, mostly unpleasant ones - how you were insulted, deceived, etc., - conduct a meditation for cultivating the consciousness, which would relate to what is happening absolutely calmly and with gratitude. These are the Four Diminities, and even extremely short in a few minutes, but regular meditation of this kind is capable of doing miracles and radically changing any, the most complex human relationships. Try it, and you will be surprised by the results.