Daily Reflection Sit

Each time  Mindfulness  “wakes up”  in the middle of a story,     Take a Breath—Let go of the story—Come back inside—Let the dust settle &  come back to center.  Repeat often.  This rebalancing conditions equanimity to arise.

Neither aloof nor overly invested.

Seeing how the winds of change actually help us strengthen our roots, like trees.

The gift of not knowing. Strengthening our ability to be steady no matter what arises.

Equanimity is best entrained in stormy seas!

Don’t step on things, or reject ,or turn away.

How equanimity adds wisdom and  builds on and expands on Metta, Karuna and Mudita

We can’t control the winds but our practice and training teach us how to adjust our sails.

Weaving the BVs into our inner holding environment, with special attention to equanimity, our focus for the next month.

Seeing that all human beings have the potential, in any moment, to act from greed, hatred and delusion, or from wisdom and compassion. Can we take responsibility for our unskillful actions and learn from them, and deepen our commitment to non-harm?

This meditation is shared as a support for reflection

With an example of how equanimity can hold us when we are feeling less than perfect.

Exploring small ways we encounter equanimity in or everyday lives and appreciating how we are already cultivating equanimity alone and together.

Equanimity knows that the nature of all conditioned phenomena is the same, which allows us to be less attached to how things are moment to moment. We can learn from noticing our resistance to how things are.

Recognizing when equanimity is there and when it’s not so we can be mindful of it, celebrate it, or practice “ground, breathe, settle, soothe’ to balance.