Equanimity is not stillness – it is a mobility of the mind | Psyche Ideas
Cultivating equanimity through maintaining a mind like space is not some form of escapism by way of turning a blind eye to what is happening. Instead, the mind that is like space is simply too vast to be overwhelmed by the pettiness of any contact through the six senses. The vastness of space puts things into a wider context; it thereby helps... See more
A Mind Like Space
The Buddhist word for it was upekkha. The Muslims spoke of aslama. The Hebrews, hishtavut. The second book of the Bhagavad Gita, the epic poem of the warrior Arjuna, speaks of samatvam, an “evenness of mind—a peace that is ever the same.” The Greeks, euthymia and hesychia. The Epicureans, ataraxia. The Christians, aequanimitas.
In English: stillness
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anatomy.1651.orgEquanimity toward what is happening engenders a quality of steadiness, and at the same time frees you to continually move forward out of your comfort zone and into the open space of possibility.