Would you like to know how to master stress, maybe, live a stress-free or near stress-free life? You need search no further. The answer is presented in this message on "Equanimity (e-kwe-'nim-et-e}

"So what?" "coolness," "at ease," "balance," best describe or define "equanimity." It is the manifestation of equilibrium attained in terms of comprehension of the diverse human emotions such as sad, happy, excited, etc. Equanimity enshrouds a positive attitude and healthy disposition and may be considered to be the emotion "par excellence." In the situation specific equanimity can inactivate some emotions and activate others. It is characterized by composure, evenness of mind under stress and steadiness under strain or pressure. For health's sake no other emotion can compare.
Coolness means that a person is free from agitation or excitement. "So what" is both interrogative and declarative. It answers the question, "Does it matter" while simultaneously creating an at ease climate. Equanimity is a present state, the commencement of culmination of an individuual's spiritual journey toward liberation and self-actualization. More than any emotion or cluster of emotions, equanimity is a state of being - mind, body and soul - that can be likened to a thermostat rather than a thermometer in that it creates and radiates its own temperature without circumstantial attunement

Learning these lessons about equanimity pay great dividends: be cool in summer or winter, be calm when the storm is raging as well as when there is a gentle breeze and embrace transcendence. With stress being the number one devourer of man's ability to enjoy life, good health, peace and in some instrances full life, as opposed to a premature death, it bears reiterating that equanimity can prevent stress and when it occurs be the antidote that restores balance and aliveness. In livingness and in a word, equanimity offers to each person the challenge to let this be his modus operandi; 'Don't swim; float."
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