Patient Equanimity

In the mailbox this morning; today is Frigga's day, named for the germanic goddess Frigg.

Learning to recognize the difference between true equanimity and its false cousins, indifference and apathy is not an easy path .... how do we hold the dissonance between gratitude for the blessings in life, and grief over the suffering and pain in our world? The question is a koan for our times. Both are true, and living in the tension and discomfort of this question invites the heart to open more fully. – Oren Jay Sofer

Why do I put so much stock in my ability to seek and find what I am looking for? . . . Why is it so difficult for me to wait for things to unfold, to reveal themselves? …. What is being asked of us in this moment is patient attention; a willingness to slow down, listen, and look; a willingness to let go of our expectations, to accept the possibility that our efforts may not bear any fruit—or at least not in the way we have been hoping that they will. – Douglas Christie, in Daily Mediations (6.1.22).

“We do not obtain the most precious gifts by going in search of them but by waiting for them.” – Simone Weil

The journey of awakening begins to dominate the terrain. There is clearly an inner shift of priority, and then you start to use your life that way. – Ram Dass https://www.ramdas.org