“Congratulations for starting a very successful thread, lots of participation!

i like your answer of recognizing emotional mastery in a person over time, in different situations and even then, over time your “interest will be piqued. I will probably talk with them to understand from where their calmness arises.”- I like that: you wouldn’t announce/ declare/ put your whole confidence in a person as one who mastered his emotions, and instead, your interest will be piqued and you will want to learn more.”

I enjoy continuing dialogue with you Anita. None of my writing comes from a place of presumption or false authority. I am here to learn and grow along with everyone else.

I trust that if ever something comes across as offensive, participants are able to not take it personally but address it with me in an open and honest way. I am always ready to correct and adjust myself. Emotional mastery is to me more than calmness in stressful situations, that would be equanimity. Mastery is passionately intimate self-awareness of the slightest triggers and reactions in one’s sphere, and taking full responsibility for the reactions as they occur. It is cleaning up old stored emotions and having *some* standard to live by. One salesperson said of his company, ‘we’re no worse than the rest,’ and if that is one’s standard it will reflect in a person’s life.

Thanks again for participating and your kind comments.