Introduction
Here are some notes from a talk about balance that my
marvellous missionary gave to a group this early week. Note, they are not my
words but his!
Some Principles
Balance is to give everything the right
proportion. It is also to put everything in the right place.
Karma as we normally understand
it, is the negative consequence of being out of balance. We disrupt our balance
when we don't give things the right proportion or amount, that is too less or
too much. We also disrupt the balance when we take things out of their original
and proper place.
Relationships and Point of Reference
Balance is always about
relationships and essentially comes into existence as soon as we relate to
something. Balance is always between two aspects always!
It is about a point of reference.
The three points of reference are the work, the path and the Being. If we
relate correctly to these three points of reference we will be able to keep our
balance.
We can keep ourselves spiritually
balanced when we use the work, the path and the Being as a reference point for
our balance.
Balance is present when we answer
an event at life with the right centre or brain. If the nature of the event is
something emotional we can answer with positive emotion. We all know that with positive
emotion we can do a lot of good.
When we are in an event that has lots
of negative impressions in it, we should use the positive emotions and the
intellect to answer that event. This will help compensate for the imbalance
inside of ourselves that the negative impressions produced within us.
All the problems we have, are to
do with a lack of balance, either inside of ourselves or outside of ourselves.
For example, when a person steals or cheats or uses another there is a lack of
balance and that will bring problems.
When we are out of balance in our
body our health suffers.
To be balanced we have to relate
well to the environment, the body and the consciousness.
In Balance
To be out of balance is also to
dream. When we are out of reality we also dream and we are out of balance. When
we connect to reality we are in balance!
The misperception of reality is
the origin of karma. The ego really is the misperception of the truths present in
life, nature and the cosmos. The ego misreads the true nature of things. The
ego mistakes or miss takes or takes wrongly the reality that is presented to
us!
When we miss take something or
take something wrongly we fall into karma! The ego acts in interest of its own
rights but does not ask or think about the rights of others. This is antoher
cause of imbalance.
Conclusion
If we give everything the right
portion.
This means in all the senses,
outside of ourselves and inside of ourselves. For example when we give the
words of others the wrong proportion we get overly identified consequently we
end up suffering.
Giving everything the right
portion and balance will follow and if balance is present there is happiness,
contentment, harmony and fairness.
End (787).
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