Life presents challenges. There are times when I feel the glow of attainment and success. And there are times when I feel the gloom of loss and failure. I have experienced ups and downs in my life. How do I relate to such ups and downs cycles makes a siginificant difference in the quality of my life. Realizing that life is not a straight line and it goes through small and big curves and accepting this fact without grudging and complaining is the right and wise way of living. I turn my face towards such happenings and face them with equanimity. This is the equanimity of a warrior.
I believe in the wise saying, "A wandering mind is not a happy mind." I know the power of pranayama, maintaing a dynamic balance between inbreath and ourbreath for keeping the mind steady and focused. Regular practice of pranayama makes my mind clear and calm. I feel peaceful and happy. How to sustain this flow is a big challenge for me. What helps me maintain that flow is mindfulness-a nonjudgemental awareness with an intention of staying in the here and now consciousness not bound by ruminating on the past and worrying about the future. I consider this an illustration of concentration equanimity.
All wisdom traditions empasize the value of non-attachment. We all know attachment to anything, good or bad, creates obstructions on the path of our spiritual journey called yatra. In the spiritual journey, there are neither likes nor dislikes. Likes and dislikes come and go. Both likes and dislikes are two sides of the same coin of attachment. We get bound by them. Self-awareness tanscends this duality and creates oneness. I would consider this state as transcendental equaniminty.
May we be free from attachments and aversions and attain the bliss of eqainimity in our life!
Namaste!
jagdish P Dave
On Feb 9, 2024 Jagdish P Dave wrote :