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Why Stillness is a Lie, and Mental Fluidity is the Real Zen-Flex of the 21st Century By Dr. Pradeep JNA “Deals-on-Deals” Datta | April 2025 | Cognitive Circus Weekly Forget Stoic Stone Statues — Equanimity Is a Gymnast in the Brain Wearing Tap Shoes Equanimity, that oft-abused buzzword of yoga retreats, Instagram therapists, and overpriced incense labels, is not what you think. It’s not about becoming a placid cow in a field of sunflowers while breathing through your third eye and pretending traffic doesn’t exist. No, true equanimity is more like mental parkour across an ever-shifting psychological urban jungle. It’s not a mountain — it’s a surfer. Not silence — but symphonic attunement. Not a still pond — but a jazz solo of consciousness, improvising, adjusting, flowing. And if you think this sounds like Eastern mysticism married Western psychotherapy in a Vegas chapel — you're right. But beneath the incense and ivory towers lies a cognitive revolution. So buckle up, pour yo...