Unaffectable & Unreactive
Equanimity (Upekkha):
Seek this subtle and Stilled Unity
within Equanimity, instead of the
inevitable doubt inherent in ever
perplexing conceptual proliferation!
Equanimity is neither pleasurable nor
painful, attracted nor repulsed,
yet quite agreeable &
enjoyable in full awareness of its presence.
There is equanimity regarding
internal states...
There is equanimity regarding external
conditions...
There is equanimity regarding
living beings...
There is equanimity regarding inanimate
phenomena...
Let go of the merely historic never
returning past.
Relinquish dreams of all possible futures yet
uncome.
Be just clearly aware of & content in the real
present.
The elimination of both sensual
desires & of discontent,
the ejection of laziness, the calming of
regrets, just this
pure equanimity, being aware of all
mental properties
exactly at the moment they appear: That I call the
direct
knowledge of release; the
breakthrough from ignorance.
If Indifferent towards
both:
Internal states &
external phenomena,
Living
beings & lifeless
things,
Past, present &
future events,
How can one
be hurt, upset,
disturbed
or distressed ?
Calm is his mind.
Calm is his
speech.
Calm is his action.
So is the
Tranquillity;
So is the Equanimity;
of
one Released by Insight
of Right
Understanding...
