En-Lightening

reality minus expectations and narratives equals equanimity. easy to say harder to do without continous effort.

Dear Francis, ....the one who likes to „think“ in interrelatednesses..... Thanks for this hint so that my „ordinary“ mind prepares himself/itself to get ready to transmute for my HEARTmind....in a way your suggested formular of EQUANIMITY has become the „red carpet“ for mySELF to access this state of BEing very intentionally. REALITY - EXPECTATION - NARRATIVES = EQUANIMITY WOW. How do I like this? ;-)) Thanks for that. All my relations siegFried🔥🔥🔥

On that effort, what is efforting? Is the mind trying to control itself? Is the ego using our spiritual practices as another way to control? Yoga tells us the key is samadhi, going beyond the mind into our true nature. And we don't get there with effort. Rather we get there by letting go. Allowing things to be as they are, as the poem so aptly describes.