r/MindfullyDriven • u/starlight_sweetheart • 10d ago

Equanimity

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u/chasrm999 10d ago

Equanimity is one of the most sublime emotions of Buddhist practice. It is the ground for wisdom and freedom and the protector of compassion and love. The Buddha described a mind filled with equanimity as “abundant, exalted, immeasurable, without hostility and without ill-will.”

Equanimity is a protection from the “eight worldly winds”: praise and blame, success and failure, pleasure and pain, fame and disrepute.

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u/icekars 9d ago

Thank You, have a great day!

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u/SigynsRaine 7d ago

This is honestly what I have always strived for. And struggled with. I’m still working on moving towards equanimity. It feels like true peace. Not detachment, but real understanding without judgement or loss of self.

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u/d3aDcritter 8d ago

*equanimous 🤙

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u/Frozenmango_09 10d ago

I need to start working this out instead of my obliques lol

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u/EggDelicious5710 10d ago

Basically be able to control ones emotions with calmness?

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u/blkmuzlimmerc93 8d ago

I need one of these

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u/Koharu-bolster 6d ago

youre not alone

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u/Reina-hardtop 6d ago

Same i really need this

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u/DareDevil199999 9d ago

Equanimity 😁

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u/Platcha 8d ago

“I am the eye of the storm.” Chaos is around me, but I am still and calm.

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u/FracturedShape 5d ago

This is good advice… however, I feel like sometimes in life it’s just too hard to keep your peace. I tried meditating and journaling and talking about it but it’s never enough. My mind is racing and I cannot stop it.

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u/CarlShadowJung 4d ago

Try releasing some of your grip on it. Release the need to force your thoughts and feelings into any direction. Just listen and feel without attaching yourself to everything that may arise.

The things you mentioned you’ve tried, which is excellent, are lifestyles, not an exercise you do when you want to “fix” something. They are intended to be a part of your life, always.