#347 Training in Equanimity

     "In sitting meditation you can begin to train to be objective with the unpleasant ... It sounds rather like a form of self-mortification or torture - but in the arising of unpleasantness, you can really begin to see objectively that 'This is changing' or 'This hurts; this feels this way.' The little bit of training in a session of sitting practice might only be five minutes and then you move, or it might be thirty minutes and then you move. This effort brings a kind of strength and power into the mind (for later) when you need to be with something unpleasant that is more emotionally powerful. You've intuitively understood how to be with the unpleasant in a way that's not intellectual, but more like a craft. ... It's in your body; it's visceral. ... Your whole body begins to understand ... to be at peace with the unpleasant ... Over time that builds a lovely strength of mind."     Ajahn Viradhammo

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