As a stone mountain, one solid mass, is not stirred by the wind,
so no forms and tastes, sounds, odors, and tactile objects,
and phenomena desirable or undesireable stir the stable
one's mind. His mind is steady and freed.
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~ Anguttara Nikaya
The development and practice of concentration
leads to equanimity.
Enhancing qualities of faith, (or confidence), mindfulness,
self-respect, a spirit of generosity and openess, and pliancy.
All of which are included in a "neutrality of mind,"
a sense of being "there in the middleness."
The disipline of mindfulness together with concentration
can be very helpful in keeping our minds from habitual
occupation with unhealthy states.
A sense of ease, peace and balance equip us to deal with
the gain and loss, fame and disrepute, pleasure and pain
that may come to us.
~ from the teaching of Buddha as
expressed by Joseph Goldstein in
Mindfulness: A Practical Guide of Awakening
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