{"id":675,"date":"2022-09-27T16:38:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T14:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/?p=675"},"modified":"2022-09-27T16:42:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T14:42:58","slug":"defabrication-equanimity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/2022\/09\/27\/defabrication-equanimity\/","title":{"rendered":"Defabrication &#038; Equanimity"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"675\" class=\"elementor elementor-675\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e7fdbcb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e7fdbcb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c0ca94\" data-id=\"8c0ca94\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40710b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40710b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p><i>In conceiving form\u2026 ved\u0101na\u2026 perception\u2026 fabrications\u2026 consciousness, one is bound by M\u0101ra (Death). By not conceiving form\u2026 vedan\u0101\u2026 perception\u2026 fabrications\u2026 consciousness one is freed\u2026<br \/><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i>-the Buddha<\/i><\/p><p>Defabrication is a driving force in the pacification of mental construction (thoughts and the concepts they are comprised of). The word \u2018concept\u2019 doesn&#8217;t even really take it far enough as I mean things like the ability to reason at all, to feel one knows anything other than that \u2018stuff is happening\u2019, the understanding that we are a self, that time is passing, that space exists\u2026 defabrication can encompass the collapse of all of these.<\/p><p>The process also corresponds to moving from more contraction or restriction to more expansion or openness, or moving from more solid to more liquid and then airy.<br \/>\u00ad<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-431ea1d\" data-id=\"431ea1d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87a76f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"87a76f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"626\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/emptiness-red-626x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-678\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/emptiness-red-626x1024.jpg 626w, https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/emptiness-red-600x982.jpg 600w, https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/emptiness-red-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/emptiness-red-768x1257.jpg 768w, https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/emptiness-red-939x1536.jpg 939w, https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/emptiness-red-800x1309.jpg 800w, https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/emptiness-red.jpg 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b75cef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b75cef\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9fbe9d2\" data-id=\"9fbe9d2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b3f171 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b3f171\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The achievement of complete defabrication results in a cessation (fruition) as there is momentarily simply no more experience being constructed.<\/p><p>Yet even before cessations, stream entry and further stages of awakening we can practice defabricating to reduce the construction of experience. This enables us to then devote more of our resources to observation (or \u2018being\u2019) rather than \u2018doing\u2019 and helps us to get a better grip on the nature of our experience. We are more equanimous to the extent we have defabricated.<\/p><p>So defabrication can be a fuel for our insight fire and help us make progress in our meditative development, yet the additional bonus is simply that the more defabricated experience is the better it feels.<\/p><p>Today we&#8217;ll explore some ways we can become better defabricators.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d26cbbb\" data-id=\"d26cbbb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In conceiving form\u2026 ved\u0101na\u2026 perception\u2026 fabrications\u2026 consciousness, one is bound by M\u0101ra (Death). By not conceiving form\u2026 vedan\u0101\u2026 perception\u2026 fabrications\u2026 consciousness one is freed\u2026 -the Buddha Defabrication is a driving force in the pacification of mental construction (thoughts and the concepts they are comprised of). 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