Equinimity

(Mother to Satprem, 1960:) “It's what Sri Aurobindo always said: FIRST you must accept EVERYTHING – accept it as coming from the Divine, as the Divine Will; accept without disgust, without regret, without getting upset or impatient. Accept with a perfect equanimity; and only AFTER that can you say, “Now let's get to work to change it.”
         But to work to change it before having attained a perfect equanimity is impossible. That's what I have learned during these last years.
         And for every detail, it's the same. First, “May Thy Will be done”; then, afterwards, “The Will of tomorrow” – and then those things will disappear. But first, one must accept.”

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See also

• Peace
• Divine Will