Balance, and the Adept

[Turtle]

that may be so. since almost a lot of people are quite comfortable and 'balanced' when they are in solitude, meditating. but, when they go out to interact with the other entities, things change.

the balanced is in quotes in above, because, it is also easily suggestible that the balance of an entity is actually the balance it manifests at any given time, so, in interactions with other entities we can see the extent of that balance, as an indicator. it is easy to remain in a seemingly greater balance when in solitude.

but there are also societal considerations. the conditions the entity is in, living in, or going through, may have factors that offset its balance. especially in our modern society, and especially in cities.

Definitely. This is exactly what I experience in my daily routine. I find that it is most efficient to attempt to re-balance my emotions and thoughts during any circumstance/catalyst, instead of waiting to process it later within myself. I say more efficient because I find that when attempting to do it right then and there, I can more readily be of service to the other self who triggered the change, with a finer balance of wisdom and love, and help them just as much as I help myself through my inner balancing efforts. So in short, attempting to stay balanced during catalyst, or re-balance during catalyst, I find that I am accomplishing outer work by helping my other self, as well as the precious inner work which is my focus.

when in solitude, yes. however, we know of no significant adept/wanderer/philosopher which chose to live in the middle of city, and manifested various faculties there.

so, apparently the conditions the entity is in, affects a lot. there is only so much an entity can offset with its own balance, and will. basically, you cannot drink the entire sea, or sweep away an entire desert.

When you say "manifested various faculties," do you mean the magical workings of one's self, affecting his reality as well other's reality? If so, yes, our environments and the people around us definitely have their effect. I am biased towards the concept of "going with the flow" as opposed to trying to direct my will in any way to affect reality for myself and others, for a few reasons.

1. The veil, and this yellow-ray body we inhabit compounds the difficulty of achieving results that can be seen to be a direct effect of my focusing of will. Also, in the few times I tried to use my will to affect reality, I find the results that echo back to me in physical reality to be so different from what I expected, that I have come to the conclusion that it is totally unwise for me to pursue this.

2. I find that when I focus on simply being, and tuning my inner balance, that my daily life actually unfolds in ways that are not just unexpected, but also quite pleasant, and in hindsight after each day is done, pretty much what I would have liked to have happened anyway.

3. Last but certainly not least, I have received guidance over the past years, over and over and over again, to simply go with the flow. It is not just advice I am receiving, but I now know that my guides are reminding me of what I chose before birth to pursue, which is the focus of inner work on self and letting things run their course.

Back to the subject of our environments affecting us. This is something that is very apparent to me, however I have noticed the smoothing of efficacy that Ra mentioned, when one approaches finer balance. I still feel my environment affecting me if something shifts energetically (say a heavily distressed person enters the vicinity), however I am just as aware of my own balance and simply focus on letting my inner energies flow more easily. I won't go so far as to say that it is easy to do, but I am making progress, and the results I usually notice is that the other self finds their own personal balance point much faster, to whatever degree of personal balance they are comfortable with. Same should be said for me, for I highly doubt there is even one soul on this planet with all chakras completely open and free-flowing, unless they are in the middle of a solitary meditation and have done much previous work on their selves anyway. When in the middle of a city, or around other selves, this gets increasingly harder to do.