Sharon Salzberg, a meditation teacher and New York Times bestselling author, gives this talk on equanimity and faith. Equanimity is evenness of mind, especially in difficult circumstances, and the talk points toward a mind filled with so much love that it resembles space.
Much of our upset and emotional instability may come from clinging and neediness around people we like, and aversion and negativity towards people we don’t like. We also tend toward an unhealthy indifference to strangers, who may need our help, or at least our good will. This equanimity and faith talk invites us to examine our feelings towards people, and to correct them where they are mistaken. That may lead to a more balanced, wholesome, and helpful viewpoint, and may ease some emotional turmoil at its root.
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