When you know that you can not be harmed, then you let the change come to you. Then, you do not lose your inner poise in front of changing conditions. This is equanimity. For equanimity, you require a very good driver, a totally dependable driver. Our driver is the Ego. It does not allow the Absolute to drive us. The Ego is so arrogant that it goes and sits on the throne, the sacred place, that is reserved only for the Beloved, only for God. It has no right to be there. Dethrone it!
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Questioner: Being in the world around you and still how do you maintain equanimity of mind so that the world doesn’t bother you? You can still keep your equanimity while things are going around you.
Acharya Prashant: You are travelling up a hilly road- a serpentine, treacherous road. Sometimes there are hairpin bends; sometimes, there are sudden disturbances; even potholes are there. The light, too, is not sufficient. But your car is in the safe hands of a driver you trust. You look outside the car, and the scene is continuously changing. The sun is about to set, so it is falling directly on your face. And then, the car takes a turn, and it is suddenly darker, and there is no sun. Suddenly, there is a steep climb, and then the climb is not so steep. It is rocky, and then there is a vast swath of land, which is just trees. So, what you are observing is continuously changing. Do all these changes bother you? Do you wish that there should be no changes?
Questioner: There is change. But because of the faith in the driver, it doesn’t bother.
