According to Sylvia Boorstein: ” I am committed to the idea that equanimity in the mind is the foundation of wisdom and that  wisdom sustains the mind’s capacity to respond with benevolence. Effort, concentration and mindfulness are the internal way in which the mind returns itself from being out of balance and lost in confusion to a condition of ease, clarity and wisdom.”

Since June 23, I have had all sorts of challenges. July 8. I had to deal with challenges from Emil. I mustered all I learned from Boorstein, Tamura, Edwards, Grabhorn etc. and slept soundly on a windy, stormy night.

July 9. I experienced a kind of clarity. I checked out a big carton box on top of a tall cabinet. Surprise! A duster that had been missing since March manifested. I judged our pick-up/deliver laundry service as being careless for losing my old but comfy duster.

This is not the first time I have been proved wrong. July 13 at night. Another challenge. Just when I was about to go to bed Emil asks for a volume of English Literature!

We could not locate it. At first I was agitated. Then I remembered my 4 guidelines. After a while I announced I would not even bother to look for the big book. After I surrendered I was at peace.

Boorstein wrote: “I have no idea whether this changed circumstance which I resent, is actually a good or bad thing in the long run. I can’t wait to see.”

July 17. I checked AGAIN the bottom shelf of a cabinet that I had checked at least twice in the past. There covered by a Chinese frame was the precious Literature book!