Even-Mindedness

Many people confuse progress with movement and with outward

change. Thus, the more dust of excitement they can stir up, the more
productive they feel they are! The more they get swept up into a
happy mood when things go well, the better, they imagine, things
have gone. And their answer to every slump is to cast about for some
other thing to sweep them high once more. Such lives are like cars
driven over deeply rutted roads: Their movement is almost as much
up and down as it is forward.
With even-mindedness, progress is a straight, not a jagged, line.
Progress, however, should mean above all progressive understanding.
Even-mindedness bestows clarity of perception, which is the ability to
see things as they really are, undistorted by emotional bias.
Affirmation
I remain untouched by gain or loss. In the calm mirror of my
understanding I behold Thy light reflected.
Prayer
When I rejoice, Lord, let it be with Thee. And when I grieve, help me
always to see Thy sunlight through the mists.

From Affirmations for Self-Healing by Swami Kriyananda

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