How to think about the four immeasurable minds?

I am curious about how to think about the *four immeasurable minds* in a practical way, please help me make sense of them (see detailed question below) ### Background In the book *Teachings on Love* by Thich Nhat Hanh he translates *Mudita* as Joy rather than *Sympathetic Joy* and explains that while other commentators have translated as *Sympathetic Joy* he prefers *Joy* because "Joy is for everyone" This got me thinking that it may be practical to see two sides of the immeasurables (another example would be self-compassion) ### My thinking so far Below is how i like to think of the four immeasurables Metta: * Self-love * Loving kindness towards others Karuna: * Self-compassion * Compassion for others Mudita: * Joy * Sympathetic joy Upeksha: * Peace/Equanimity * Non-discrimination - between self and others, between good and bad This way of thinking about them splits each of the first (*metta*, *karuna*, *mudita*) three into two parts, one for one-self and one for everyone else In Buddhism we don't want to make a harsh distinction between self and others but from a practical point of view this can (for example) help us to remember to have self-compassion. One downside is that there is a larger risk of not seeing our suffering as the suffering of others and the suffering of others as our own The last (upeksha) i have divided into two parts where the first is inner peace for oneself and the other is non-discrimination ### Question Is this (above) a practical way to think about the four immeasurables? (Practical in the sense of getting closer to living in line with them). **Are there other ways to think about them that you can recommend and that can help us achieve living with them on a daily basis?** (Please provide references to books or other materials if you can) Grateful for help and with kind regards, Tord