Measures
of wholeness, of balance, in four simple words:
Strength.
Sanity. Sharpness. Serenity.
Paying
attention to body, emotion, mind, and spirit and finding balance with these
four, knowing that the experience of feeling in balance is evershifting.
No
need to run marathons or lift a hundred pounds to feel strong. But simply to
pay attention to those things that sustain the body well – rest, nutrition, activity.
How? Movement & stillness in outer
landscapes
No
need to feel totally unconflicted in any moment in order to be sane. But simply
to allow the natural fluctuations in human emotions to flow – without stifling
or augmenting the proportion in which they are there.
How? Attentiveness to inner landscape
No
need to be able to solve complicated equations in order to have sharp mental
acuity. But simply to exercise cognitive capacity, a brain that is adept and
supple.
How? Critical thinking
No
need to sit on a mountaintop – the guru praying for the world. But simply to
maintain balance in spiritual matters, remembering interconnection with all
beings.
How? Rituals
We
root ourselves in the body of earth, the communities in which we reside, the
service we provide, the compassion with which we peaceably embrace others. For
it is this totality that is the fullness of who we really are. And when we
acknowledge our wholeness in relationship to all that is, we experience a
glimpse of the shining slivers of light in the interstices.
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