July/August 2005 Living Now
Back to Balance

by Maureen Moss

Once upon a time we had the distinct pleasure of being children. We could still see the wings of the angels although we were far from home. As children we had not yet made up in our minds who we were. Our underdeveloped egos allowed us to experience the wonders of the Universe and each other without fear, judgment or false identities. Vulnerability came naturally because it was an integral part of us. Nature fascinated us and we would quiet down to witness the progression of a ladybug crawling on our hand and tickling us as each little leg made its way up our arm. We sang to the stars and prayed to God "our souls to keep."

We chose our friends based on who was near and who wanted to play. We weren’t competing with them or sizing them up based on any previous experiences. And, we chose what to do—swing, slide, or seesaw depending upon how we felt in the moment.

Remember when you and your friend would laugh with delight when the seesaw brought you to the top and your friend to the bottom, and an instant later your friend was smiling at you from the top and you were on the bottom? It didn’t matter whether you were up or down—it was all just a part of the adventure of the seesaw. You didn’t need to know exactly how that worked; you instinctively trusted that it would. The only thing the seesaw needed to maintain its natural flow, to work and stay in balance, was to have someone on either side of it allowing it to move up and down. When did the balance that came so naturally to us as children become such a struggle?

It started when we got off the seesaw at the park and climbed onto the seesaw of life. Life, like the seesaw, moves up and down, exactly as it is meant to. But suddenly, what was okay as a child wasn’t okay as an adult. As adults we started to think about our experiences rather than just have them. We stopped being with each moment and savoring each moment. We exchanged simplicity for duplicity, fascination for infatuation, discernment for judgment. We began making judgments about what was good or bad, what was better or worse.

The moment we began to judge our experiences instead of just having them, we started to lose our balance. We lost stability when we began to measure our happiness or unhappiness by the external circumstances of our lives. It continued when we began believing that our experiences defined us and adopted inconsiderate belief systems that threw us into emotional prison.

Our imbalance became perpetual when we forgot that on the seesaw of life there is a Divine Intelligence filled with Divine Love on the "other side." Clearly we forgot that we didn’t have to struggle to control the ups and downs of life’s seesaw—or that we couldn’t.

We made it difficult for ourselves by constantly waging internal war or trying to control the ups and downs of Life. We rarely encounter any aspect of our day without manipulating, evaluating, coercing, or figuring out how to do it better or differently.

As a result, there is rarely a day without emotional and mental upheaval. When we evaluate life through the prism of the mind, we don’t deeply understand the magnitude of our interference. We must let go of what blocks the heart and occupies the mind.

It is time to come back into balance. Know that spiritual growth comes as a result of every relationship and every circumstance we have. Bless all of them. Each person we meet is a reflection of our individuality. The only difference between us is our personal preferences and what we are accustomed to. Each person we meet on our path of life gives us the opportunity to come into balance. The "see would not saw" without both parts.

Remember that life experiences are not meant to keep us in a state of imbalance and unrest. They are meant to make an impression on us so upon our awakening we will hear our Divine nature calling from within and long to return to it. If we didn’t receive those impressions, we wouldn’t know there was something to return to and there would be no cause to celebrate a newly emerging stage of Life.

Balance is the free flow of energy that allows all people and things to move into the place they are meant to go, and it needs no help from us other than to maintain an equilibrium in our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies. Insight: Go to the park and play, while further adjustments are being made on your behalf.

Maureen Moss is an author, speaker, and coach. She is the radio segment host of "Love is On The Line" on Conscious Talk Radio. Her books The Nature of Bliss: Balance, Love, Integrity, Sexuality and Soul and Commitment To Love~Transforming Human Nature Into Divine Nature are sold nationwide. For further information go to www.maureenmoss.com or E-mail Maureen@maureenmoss.com

©2005 Maureen Moss