Regarding all
Phenomena with aloof Equanimity!
When one has understood constructions by
seeing the three characteristics in
them and their voidness, then one can leave both terror & delight by
becoming
indifferent and neutral to all states, taking them neither to be 'I' nor
'mine'!
One becomes like a man who has recently divorced his wife: The
man who was
married to a lovely, gorgeous, & charming wife & so deeply in love with her
as to
be unable to bear separation from her for a moment. He would be disturbed &
displeased to see her standing, talking & laughing with another man, and
would
be very unhappy, but later, when he found out that woman's faults, and
he
divorced her, he would no more take her as 'mine'; and thereafter, even
though he saw her doing whatever it might be, with whomsoever it might be,
he would neither be disturbed, nor displeased, but only neutral &
indifferent!
So too with the meditating disciple who wants to get free
from all phenomena:
He recognizes all constructions as impermanent, and void of pleasure and
self,
thus seeing that nothing is in reality 'I' or 'mine'. He therefore
abandons both
terror and delight, and becomes indifferent & neutral towards all
phenomena...
Vism 656
Divorced from Possessiveness, Egoism, Clinging and
Frustration!
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Equanimity describes the unattached awareness
of one's experience as a result
of perceiving the impermanence of momentary reality. It is a peace of mind
and
dwelling in even
calmness
that cannot be shaken by any grade of both fortunate
and unfortunate circumstance. It is a concept promoted by several
religions...!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equanimity
