Dharma says that when it is sunny inside, it is always sunny outside.
In other words, if there is awareness of the Atman - the spark of the divine residing in the heart - it doesn't matter what the weather is. A yogi is the same in heat and cold, in pleasure and pain, and in honor and dishonor, etc.
But it's so much harder to maintain equanimity in March - the grayest, longest month of the year (in Chicago at least).
Listen to my public radio essay on the topic here.
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North Side alley photo by CK (c) 2010
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