to sadhvi about having the equanimity of the Ganges (was Swami's question)

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sadhvi wrote:

 

....We can make it our individual intention to maintain equanimity in

the face of all the pairs of opposites...just as Ganga Mata does,

accepting everything equally: death and life, worship and inattention,

plastic bags and tiny arati lamps floating across her face...

Dear sadhvi ~ this really, really brought it all home to me ... the part

about plastic bags and tiny arati lamps floating across one's face. What a

beautiful way to show the pairs of opposites. I am going to remember this, and if

I feel "smacked" (put down, criticized, etc.), I'll think of it as a plastic

bag floating acros my face, and if someone is nice to me or gives me a

compliment, I'll think of it as a tiny arati lamp doing the same. And I'll do my

utmost best in both situations to see them as not really different and as

opportunities for acceptance and equanimity. I really really respond to metaphors.

This is a great one. Jai Ganga Mata ~ Linda