What do you think of when you hear the word “balance”? A person balancing on a tightrope? Standing on one foot? A monk sitting in a temple meditating? The taoist symbol of YinYang? Equilibrium? Perhaps a weighing scale? Or maybe “something I don’t have in life”? How about “the state between two (opposing) forces”?
Well, that last one just might be close to what I’m trying to convey – duality is an aspect that is very strongly prevalent in the modern world, but its effects are only subtly noticed. Let alone it is even an integral part of the old, but still truthful and potent Hermetic principles! “Duality is simply a matter of degree (and perception). Instead of being opposing, it’s actually complementary“… Sounds confusing by now? Yeah, that was my first impression too, but as soon as I put some thought into it…
Starting out – if I try to cover my train of thought for the inspiration for this post in an understandable way… The initial inspiration came to me, while I was re-reading a chapter in dr. Joe Dispenza’s book titled “You are the placebo”. While my main focus was merely to revisit some findings on the effects of the power of thought unto daily life, I paused at the consideration, that “our experiences are neurologically vown into our brains (they evoke thoughts) and chemically vown as emotions (they evoke feeling)“. My immediate connection there was: “how can one and the same thing be involved physically (/neurologically) and chemically?”. But that was only the initial provoking thought. A series of connections with my preceding knowledge unfolded and in the end I had gathered up a few examples of physical, (likely) meta-physical and/or psychological cases of “never one without the other”.
One example is already appropriately explained in the very same book, namely how thought and emotion together form a temporary state of being. There’s a strong chance that you’ve already experienced the struggle of “heart vs. mind” first hand in your life (as it is an important part of growing up) or if not, you’ve probably come across some of those quotes/ideas, like “follow your heart, but take your mind with you“. So coming from there, is there a definite answer to that struggle? As mortal humans, we are inclined to either side, very much in our nature, of course, but taking a step back we see that “a balance between the two” is probably the best answer we can hope to get. While some cases indeed call for one side over the other, there is almost never a case where it can be 100% one-sided.
Well, that was the first, somewhat common example, but the main take-away that got me utterly fascinated, was the finding of how strongly intention and faith are actually linked and complement the above finding, behind the train of thought and emotion (~state of being). A thought is the form information takes on in our mind, essentially, but only with the correct “charge” (in this case emotion) it becomes truly potent in the hopes for it to have any sort of effect. Just like our state of being incorporates both thought and emotion, so too, do these “components” consist of further instances: intention and faith.
Similarly, these two can be explained the same way: the intention (of a thought or feeling) is the “controlling component”; the “direction” in which way the information is being directed, whereas the faith behind it could be classified as the “power”; the “energy” that drives it to its destination. This speaks strongly in favor of the emerging cases, which speak of just how important it is to “keep the faith” (thank you Bon Jovi <3) when dealing with difficulties in life or trying to achieve your goals.
A good intention and a breath of faith can help manifest miracles much easier, than just a devoted thought or strong emotion.
Žiga Grušovnik
Of course these considerations are coming in from a rather spiritual viewpoint and practices, which, for the time being, can’t be quantified (aKa “mass produced”) just as accurately as other, more scientific, practices. But as time passes on and a large part of the world is continually “opening itself up”, with the developing unison in the form of “spiritual psychology”, for example; even these spiritual applications are getting their own documented, scientific explanations, as their “dual counterpart” – “the rational to emotional“; “the theoretical to the practical” and so on and so forth… (heh, what a wonderful way to tie in back to duality and balance 😀 ).
So, how does your “balance” look and feel like? How important are faith and intention to you and do you perhaps have an example to share, where it made a difference in your life? That and any other comment, suggestion or idea is very much welcomed and appreciated in the comments below 🙂 Have a great time and see/read you in the next post! ❤
Moment in time 