Ethics and Balance - (3777)

Among so many things that ethics does is to bring balance, and maintain it.

Ethics lay down the foundation of things. For there to be balance the foundations have to be ethical or correct. A man full of desire to have something out of stupid egoical reasons later gets into difficulty, leaves that something behind or has to re-evaluate everything and change deeply to keep it. The main part of that change is establishing within himself the correct ethical reasons which are his foundation.

Just like in Gnosis when people start classes and their reasons why are not inline with the ethics of the knowledge they leave their classes. Gnosis has as its foundation sincerity and a genuine yearning for the spirit. When our foundations are not these or similar we can't balance ourselves up against these foundations, we then go somewhere where we can be balanced against something because not to be balanced is always painful. 

Ethics is at the foundation of meditation practice because if we are doing a lot of dodgy things we are going to be worried and anxious all the time plus stressed and that means we won't be at peace to concentrate.

Ethics boils down to correct thinking, feeling and acting. It also boils down to following the Law. That is doing the right thing by the different principles and values of the Law. Truth and justice are the main values. 

Both Truth and Justice are balance. 

When we break those principles we get scared because we know at some point consequences are coming and that will be unpleasant/painful.

Why do we break the Law because we are impatient. Hence patience being the mother of all virtues. We want the fruit without the hard work which always implies time and effort. 

What is not ethical is usually taken away by the Law.  

End (3777).