“Metta can damage. Trying on the world may be painful…metta wants upekkha (equanimity) if it’s not going to show right into a supply of struggling. Equanimity is the standard of remaining secure, calm, clear, accepting, and non-reactive when confronted with nice and unsightly experiences. It’s a state of neither attraction nor aversion, neither greedy nor rejecting. It’s being within the center, at peace in all conditions.”
