Balance

Even the most ancient sages acknowledged the counterbalances that exist in nature. Taijitu illustrates this. More recently, copious amounts of scientific literature suggest the force and torques produced by magnetic fields are an integral part of our existence. It follows that perception of disadvantage must have an equal and opposite perception of benefit (Lee, 2002). The key is finding it.

In accordance to Master Lee, 2002, Human beings are descended from a particle of immortal greatness. When we are born, however, western society and the church instils in us the concepts of “good” versus “bad”, “right” versus “wrong” or “us” versus “them”. It polarises rather then unites (Lee, 2002). Nothing is good or bad, before we’ve judged it to be so. Similarly, no one can make you feel inferior without your prior consent (E. Roosevelt, 1937).

As Constantin Stanislavski once said:

“In all beauty lies ugliness, and in all ugliness lies beauty and in all pain is pleasure, in all pleasure, pain.”

Clearly, all things are relative. If  in all light exists darkness, and in all darkness exists light, then, one cannot be perceived without the other (Lee, 2002). The most brilliant light for example, will just as readily blind you as pitch darkness. In being aware of this we can return to the perception of “it’s not good, or bad, it just is” (Lee, 2002). Because in reality, we make the decisions and we decide if a person or situation is good or bad, we decide whether a situation is right or wrong, we decide whether the circumstance is a source of happiness or sadness, and we decide wether a circumstance is a source of pleasure or pain (Lee, 2002).

In actuality, the situation or person is neither: good nor bad, right nor wrong, and circumstance is neither the source of pleasure nor pain, happiness nor sadness; it's just there (Lee, 2002). Masters of their own destinies realise that forces greater then themselves are in a state of constant flux and recognise that in order to maintain balance on the tight rope of life it is necessary to refrain from being judgemental - less they cultivate internal disharmony.

When sitting just sit, when walking just walk and above all don’t wobble!

– Zen Saying.

This brings me to my next planned entry: Individuality.

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