Daily Reflection Sit

Finding balance and even engagement with inner and outer phenomena.

We practice equanimity in real time by noticing when we’re distressed, stressed out, taking sides, or losing our cool. Check: the Body, the Breath, the Heart and the Mind. What are the signs that say we’re in distress? Notice, feel and restore balance. What would help move in the direction of balance? Adjust accordingly.

We can’t control the winds but we can adjust our sails.

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.

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.

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

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

This meditation is shared as a support for reflection

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?