No One Told You About These 2 Secrets To Make Your Life Easy

How Did It Start?

I remember the time I was given a chance to lecture to hundreds of folks who were twice my age. They included some academics and professionals. Therefore, even though I had the opportunity to speak on the subject of my choice with complete freedom of expression, the responsibility that came with it added to my anxiety. When my name was about to be called, I noticed that my hands were cold, but my forehead was sweating, my heart was beating five times as fast, and my throat had dried up. Despite these symptoms, I could still calm down and focus on breathing. So, as I found myself in a contemplative mood today, I remembered two strategies that I’ve found useful in a variety of similar circumstances—not just once, not twice, but many times.

After getting insights and learning about the tactics, I started investigating and came across numerous publications demonstrating the components’ undeniable effectiveness. Okay, I know you must be too inquisitive by this point to remain in the dark about them. You must have even scrolled through this article twice, didn’t you? It’s possible that you occasionally practiced the same thing without noticing it. Try to recall. What different actions did you take after passing the test or when you encountered situations as challenging as a lion’s den? Sticking to them can always minimize, if not eliminate, miseries and suffering. That’s my promise!

Without wasting another minute, let me introduce them to you. The two components are:

Awareness and equanimity

You must become aware or conscious of all bodily sensations while simultaneously maintaining Samtha, i.e., composure on your face. How to do it? Next time you face a difficult situation, quickly become aware of what’s happening inside your body. Next, just observe the sensations as a witness without reacting.

If one maintains composure, observe the sensations as neither good nor bad. They will eventually discover that sensations begin to surface in previously inaccessible locations and that the unpleasant, gross feelings start to transform and dissolve into delicate vibrations. Then, with equanimity, a subtle, really nice flow of energy begins to move throughout the body.

Be steadfast in the performance of your duty, O Arjun, abandoning attachment to success and failure. Such equanimity is called Yog. – BG 2.48

The risk in this scenario is that one can mistake this enjoyable sensory experience for the objective (our objective here was to minimize suffering) they were aiming for. So, instead of seeing it as a pleasurable experience, we can see it as a form of meditation and mindfulness! In reality, the goal of practicing this meditation is to cultivate equanimity toward all experiences so that we become free and fearless rather than experiencing a particular kind of sensation. No matter how gross or subtle, sensations are constantly changing. You cannot hold on to a particular type of sensation. Trying to hold it, repeat it or change it causes suffering. The only way to gauge one’s progress on the path is by the equanimity one grows toward each sensation.

The Cause

Even though one has witnessed a free flow of subtle vibrations within the entire body, it is still possible for a gross or blind area to reappear. These indicate advancement rather than setbacks. As your knowledge, understanding, insights, and calmness grow, you inevitably delve farther into their unconsciousness and find hidden impurities. These ingrained complexes will undoubtedly cause suffering in the future if they are allowed to stay in the unconscious mind. You become sad, anxious, and depressed due to the suppressed emotions and feelings curbed in your mind. When given a chance, they gush out, spoil your mood, and may even trouble you physically in the form of sudden body stiffness and aches.

The Effect Of awareness and equanimity

Allowing them to rise to the surface of consciousness and letting them fade away is the only way to eliminate them and maintain emotion regulation. Many of these deep-rooted Sankhara that through themselves out may be accompanied by unpleasant, disgusting sensations or blind spots. The sensation and the manifested Sankhara will fade away if one keeps watching without responding.

The impermanence of all sensations, overt or subtle, is a universal property. A revolting feeling appears, seems to linger for a while, but eventually goes away. A slight sensation appears and disappears very quickly, but it retains the same quality. If you feel mental pain, know one thing, this too shall pass because no feeling lasts forever. As a result, one should not develop biases or preferences for any sensation.

When one practices this, one perceives a foul, unpleasant sensation without getting melancholy. One accepts a delicate, pleasant sensation as it appears and may even take pleasure in it without being overjoyed or tied to it. When one is aware of the transient nature of all experiences, one can laugh when they appear and disappear. This is how you develop acceptance.

The Transformation

Equanimity must be practiced at the level of bodily sensation to transform a person’s life truly. In the body, senses are developing at all times. Most of the time, the unconscious mind is aware of these feelings, while the conscious mind is unaware of them and responds to them by developing cravings or aversions. The previous habit of blind reacting can be eliminated if the mind is trained to become completely aware of everything that happens inside the physical structure while also being calm. A healthy, content life is possible after one learns how to maintain composure under any circumstance.

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You’re here to learn the truth about who you really are, how this phenomenon operates, and how it causes suffering. The human phenomenon has two facets: the physical and the psychological, or body and mind. Both must be followed. However, one cannot genuinely perceive the body without being aware of the sensations that develop within it.

Similarly, one cannot witness the mind in isolation from thinking, which arises in mind. It becomes evident that everything that originates in the mind is accompanied by a bodily experience when one delves deeper into witnessing the truth of mind and matter. The sensation is the starting point for reactions and is crucial for experiencing the reality of the body and mind.

One needs to be conscious of their sensations and maintain their composure as consistently as possible to observe the truth of who they are and cease creating mental defilements; that is how the suffering will vanish with awareness and equanimity!