The Four Emotional States of Brahma Vahara

Brahma Vahara is the Buddhist name for the set of four emotional states that includes equanimity and its direct derivatives. Equanimity, it seems to me, is the ground out of which the other three flavors of benevolent mind arise. The capacity of the mind to hold a clear view of whatever is happening, both externally and internally as well as the ability of theMind to accommodate passion without losing its balance. We don't see what is actually really happening when we're sitting in meditation.