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Reflecting on Wednesday’s class:
This morning I received a call from my daughter shortly after she had spoken with her father, my ex-husband. He was deeply upset because my cousin—who was also his schoolmate and lifelong friend—had taken his own life.
As I sat with this news, I remembered our discussion about the tug-of-war and the practice of maintaining equanimity.
Equanimity is the ability to preserve mental calmness and emotional balance, especially during challenging or chaotic situations. It comes from cultivating a nonjudgmental awareness of the present moment and shifting from a reactive mindset to one of observation and acceptance.
I tried to sit with the dream-like reality unfolding before me, allowing whatever feelings and thoughts arose to surface without resistance. I also spoke with my grandson, who had received the original call from my cousin’s nephew shortly after his uncle died by suicide.
This is the second time in less than 24 hours that suicide has entered my awareness. On Thursday, my sister’s grandson told her that he wanted to end his life. I viewed that as a cry for help because he spoke those thoughts aloud. My cousin, as far as we know, told no one. He simply carried out the act.
I am writing about this for several reasons, one of them being to help myself process this information from a different perspective. I also found myself remembering Gary Renard’s response when speaking about a man who was fatally stabbed and bled to death in front of him. At the time, his response seemed callous to me. Now I find myself reconsidering it through the lens of compassion without attachment.
I do not have any conclusions. I am simply holding all of this in awareness and wondering what it means to be compassionate without becoming attached to the form of what has happened. I am reflecting on grief, suffering, and loss while also trying to maintain the equanimity we discussed in class.
Perhaps that is the lesson before me right now.
Such a beautiful share! Thank you for posting this, Tricia. One thing that really jumps out when I read it is you are writing from such a clear and peaceful state of mind. Don’t waver… and when you do simply remember to come back.