One of the things that characterizes the legendary spiritual savants is an immunity to mood. They are reported to have retained their equanimity in spite of formidable obstacles to a sense of wellbeing.
Our moods are a complex soup of instinct, self assessment, and habit which result in an emotional cognition that overlays our sense of being. One of the many benefits of meditation is the emergence of mindfulness. It does not happen over-night, but as our meditation soaks into our process of being we find ourselves awake in the moment. This "Mindfulness" or "being awake in the moment" provides an opportunity to notice and to refuse to indulge instinctual prods to mood formation.
Mindfulness then makes possible the cultivation of that rare flower of being: enlightened equanimity.
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