The Responsibilities of Balance

"Been away...but now I am back."




I am feeling quite strong physically these days, and it is amazing how the mind finds it much easier to join in when you are in this realm. I am feel the direct connection between taking responsibility for the past (which is a minefield at the worst of times and a 3-d trailer for "Enter the Void" at the best of times) and opening my heart wide to the emotional future. There is great strength for me in positive affirmations followed by strong affirmative actions. 




This was an interesting article:




"If you told a scientist 90 years ago that a butterfly flapping its wings initiates a domino effect that can lead to a tornado in a different part of the world, they’d probably look at you like you were crazy. Today, science calls it the Chaos Theory.

But proven or not, the idea that the smallest of actions can impact the world is still difficult to believe. Maybe we’re just a little selfish in our careers, working in our jobs mainly with the intention of what we are getting out of it. Then suddenly there’s a riff in our relationships at home or with a friend and we think, “This isn’t my fault!” 

We do a good job at compartmentalizing our lives, thinking that the way we behave in one area will have no effect on the other, but the truth is there are no compartments in the spiritual realm. The illusion of fragmentation only exists in the physical dimension. It’s all connected.

This is a tough pill to swallow, but the Light ensures it’s a true and just system we live in. The trouble is, when the struggles come, it’s nearly impossible for us to connect the dots. The system was created that way so we could have an opportunity to base our certainty in the Light and not our five senses.

We can get better at spotting the spiritual law of cause and effect at work by maintaining an awareness that at every moment we are planting a seed. Planting seeds of selfishness, jealousy, or impatience will eventually lead to difficulty and struggle. On the other hand, planting seeds of sharing, tolerance, unconditional love… bring us fulfillment. "






I have also been thinking alot about the idea of balance in life.  What exactly do I understand the concept of day to day balance to look like? Not in terms of eating vegetables and deep breathing....but in terms of thought process.






Balancing

"Courageous  people must continually push themselves to be completely honest, yet must also possess the capacity to withhold the whole truth when appropriate.  To be free people we must assume  total responsibility for ourselves, but in doing so must possess the capacity to reject responsibility that is not truly ours.  To be organized and efficient, to live wisely, we must daily delay gratification and keep an eye on the future;  yet to live joyously we must also possess the capacity, when it is not destructive, to live in the present and act spontaneously.  In other words, discipline itself must be disciplined.  The type of discipline required to discipline discipline is what I call balancing."   M.Scott. Peck

Come to think of it...I don't want to downplay the importance of eating raw vegetables and the old diaphragm breathing exercises for the sheer fun of it all.

Oh yeah, also I tend to gravitate towards the beta blocking agents that simply don't allow much of that crazy adrenaline to ever see its way to my aching heart.  Balance is still an relative concept to me.

Rick