Tara Brach<\/a> says, \u201cWe are uncomfortable in our lives because everything in our lives keeps changing\u2014our inner moods, our bodies, our work, the people we love, the world we live in. We can\u2019t hang on to anything\u2014a beautiful sunset, a sweet taste, an intimate moment with a lover, our very existence as the body\/ mind we call self\u2014because all things come and go. Lacking any permanent satisfaction, we continually need another injection of fuel, stimulation, reassurance from loved ones, medicine, exercise, and meditation. We are continually driven to become something more, to experience something else.\u201d The work of equanimity is counter to our instincts; it forges a new neural pathway. This perpetuation of craving, of always wanting more or wanting different, doesn\u2019t create happiness or liberation\u2014it is a cycle of suffering. The patience, kindness, and spaciousness implied in the teaching to accept this moment is important for all of us\u2014and important to social justice work in particular. It has allowed me to take a breath; otherwise I would resist and just keep moving.<\/p>\nAfter consulting many teachers on this question of equanimity and social justice, Larry Yang answered my inquiry about equanimity in a satisfying way. He said, \u201cThe scripture doesn\u2019t say anything about the next moment.\u201d We can accept things as they are in this moment, and we must, for it already exists\u2014while at the same time trying to prevent harm in the world in the next moment. It helps me be with the oppression, the powerlessness, the despair present in this moment if I can feel empowered to change the next moment. I can offer compassion to this moment in human history if I know that I and comrades that I work with are doing everything we can on personal, interpersonal, and institutional levels to create justice and equity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“We can accept things as they are in this moment, and we must, for it already exists\u2014while at the same time trying to prevent harm in the world in the next moment.”<\/p>\n
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