There is a passage in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali that could be interpreted like this:

To attain peace of mind, cultivate these four attitudes:

- be friendly to those who are successful

- be compassionate to those who are suffering

- be happy for those who are virtuous

- don’t let the wicked disturb you

As with Sanskrit, which emphasizes sounds and is especially melodic, our interpretation of success, suffering, virtue and wickedness and our reaction towards those qualities can be creative too :)

But nevertheless, If you are true to yourself, I think this is good advice, not only general but also here on Nostr.

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One could just focus on one single sentence of wisdom an his life would change completely. These four attitudes are an example. The point is to realize what is written. Most times we just need reiterations of wisdom because of laziness, but truly we would just need one single realization.

Yes, it is a constant cycle of awareness, often realizing ones own failures of dealing with a certain situation much later with an unclouded mind.