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We are over half way into the year of 2020 and what a year it has been. Life as we know it is changing faster than a lot of people can keep up with. We are faced each day with changing rules, new laws that are divisive and dangerous and we have leaders who are psychotic and well out of balance and who display abject cruelty.
When life throws you lemons, one should make lemonade as they say and equally so one can suck a lemon too. Seeing all sides and attempting Lemonade requires us to see many perspectives not just the one right before our eyes. This is a skill and it needs to be practised until there is no place left in our bodies that refuses to look at all sides of each issue that comes to hand in this versatile way.
Just when I was feeling like I understood this at a base level, along came a piece of writing that fully confirmed the why of what I was talking about and trying to put in practice. It described what I was trying to articulate. When these occasions happen it helps to not lose sight of this and so here it is:
The intellect, stripped of its intuition, will never be able to provide a complete picture of the nature of universal truth. And intuition, without the intellect, will likewise provide only a dead end if we experience universal truth directly but can’t manage to translate it into a useful way that adds value to a larger sense of community & understanding that the rational, logical & analytical capacities provide
The validation of & integration of both our intellect and intuition more fully into one another has been & will continue to be the more effective, progressive, meaningful & relatable perspective in development within existence.
Destry Roach (Author)
After reading this I felt that it pointed out perfectly the situational reasons why all things swing between the two poles looking for a balance beam, and this always happens (natural law).
For me, when the balance beam is found, I also see this is where the spark occurs.. call it aliveness.
We already intuitively know this in ourselves and thus remaining still and stuck doesn't denote life. And so I ask this rhetorical question, "Is this why we desire to understand both sides" ? (all sides)
Do we do this in order to be comfortable in change because there is a pre-conceived or intuitive knowing that nothing rests and everything is always in a state of change?
Is this 'change' itself looking for that same balance beam?
As I see it, out in the world, expectations are placed on us to choose a side and this is done by both sides and of course someone inevitably loses big time.
Is this why we torture ourselves, because balance is our true nature? In finding balance there is going to be suffering. In learning to ride a bike, sometimes blood is spilled and tears flow.
For me, when the balance beam is found, I also see this is where the spark occurs.. call it aliveness.
We already intuitively know this in ourselves and thus remaining still and stuck doesn't denote life. And so I ask this rhetorical question, "Is this why we desire to understand both sides" ? (all sides)
Do we do this in order to be comfortable in change because there is a pre-conceived or intuitive knowing that nothing rests and everything is always in a state of change?
Is this 'change' itself looking for that same balance beam?
As I see it, out in the world, expectations are placed on us to choose a side and this is done by both sides and of course someone inevitably loses big time.
Is this why we torture ourselves, because balance is our true nature? In finding balance there is going to be suffering. In learning to ride a bike, sometimes blood is spilled and tears flow.
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