03-21-2013, 01:43 PM
How would you define "balance"? (since the Eternal and also Lightseeker mentioned it)
Could balanced mean something different in different entities?
for example if someone has a more emotional and empathic nature, or someone else a more rational leftbrained nature...
I dunno, I cannot imagine ever getting to a state of not feeling emotions for example, nor does it seem desirable to do so.
I had a couple of moments, sometimes longer like for some days, when my brain activity seemed heightened and very analytical but I could not feel anything.
I felt cold and emotionless. I didn't have emotional response to things that were happening to me, no reaction. But I would not call that state as balanced.
I was glad to get back to being able to feel again, and usually tears accompanied that.
Now lately I seem to shift between emotions or emotional states in a rather rapid way, I suppose because I set my intention to letting go and not remaining stuck in some pattern like victim consciousness etc.
And I don't beat myself up for feelings of jealousy or anger etc. like I used to.
I think how I would define balance for myself now, is being able to feel all there is to feel, no matter what it is, be it negative or positive, and being ok with it.
Edited to add: or to paraphrase it this way: when we love all our emotions, all our emotions become love
Could balanced mean something different in different entities?
for example if someone has a more emotional and empathic nature, or someone else a more rational leftbrained nature...
I dunno, I cannot imagine ever getting to a state of not feeling emotions for example, nor does it seem desirable to do so.
I had a couple of moments, sometimes longer like for some days, when my brain activity seemed heightened and very analytical but I could not feel anything.
I felt cold and emotionless. I didn't have emotional response to things that were happening to me, no reaction. But I would not call that state as balanced.
I was glad to get back to being able to feel again, and usually tears accompanied that.
Now lately I seem to shift between emotions or emotional states in a rather rapid way, I suppose because I set my intention to letting go and not remaining stuck in some pattern like victim consciousness etc.
And I don't beat myself up for feelings of jealousy or anger etc. like I used to.
I think how I would define balance for myself now, is being able to feel all there is to feel, no matter what it is, be it negative or positive, and being ok with it.
Edited to add: or to paraphrase it this way: when we love all our emotions, all our emotions become love