Evenness of Mind Is Yoga
Set in balance, do your work, letting go of attachment, alike in success and failure. This evenness of mind is called yoga.
Do I work hard when success seems likely and slack off when it does not, mortgaging my mind to the outcome?
📝Reflection
Here I relearn what the word yoga truly means. It is not a posture or a breathing technique, but a balance of mind that does not sway between success and failure. That constancy — not puffing up when things go well, not collapsing when they go badly — is the real practice the old teacher spoke of. Whichever way the scale of results tips, I keep the care I pour into the work exactly the same, and I continue that practice today.
🌱Apply It Today
Even on a task with an uncertain outcome today, bring the same care you would if success were sure — that builds the muscle of equanimity.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
