“The mind of a meditator is sometimes compared
to a mountain that remains unmoved in every wind.
It is not tormented by the difficulties that come its way,
nor elated by its successes. But this equanimity is
neither apathy nor indifference!
It is accompanied by an inner joy and an openness
of mind that expresses itself as an altruism that never falls short.”
Freely after Matthieu Ricard
I remember an afternoon when I came home from a bike ride in the rain. Not a dreary drizzle, but a real, solid downpour—the kind that soaks your clothes through and through and seems to rinse your thoughts clean at the same time. I stepped inside, changed, made coffee, and noticed something I found hard to name: I felt present. Not relieved to be indoors or sad that the ride was over, but simply present. Fully in the here and now.
It didn’t last long—a moment later I had picked up my phone, was typing a message, and was thinking about tomorrow. But for those few minutes, I had taste…
