{"id":1395,"date":"2016-01-18T16:09:35","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T16:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/batesonline.org\/triciablog\/?p=1395"},"modified":"2019-08-06T00:57:59","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T00:57:59","slug":"jan-17-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triciabatessmith.com:443\/index.php\/2016\/01\/18\/jan-17-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 1-17-16 The Balance"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWith your loving, there ain’t nothing, That I can’t adore. The way I’m running, with you honey, Is we can break every low. I find it funny that you’re the only, One I never looked for. There is something in your loving, That tears down my walls. <\/em>
\n\u201cI wasn’t ready then, I’m ready now, I’m heading straight for you. You will only be, eternally,\u00a0The one that I belong to. <\/em>
\n\u201cThe sweetest devotion, Hitting me like an explosion. All of my life, I’ve been frozen,
\nThe sweetest devotion I’ve known.\u201d ~ Adele<\/em>
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\nThe other day I was looking through my weekly email newsletter from Isha USA.\u00a0 The featured article contained a video of Sadhguru answering a woman\u2019s question, \u2018What is the purpose of life?\u2019
\nSadhguru made his point clear that he thinks to have a purpose in life is the trouble with the world.\u00a0 He said people with a purpose are crazy as the belief in their purpose overshadows their ability to experience their life and to allow others to experience their own (my understanding of his words).\u00a0 He said that living with the belief in a purpose puts us into a trap \u2013 to be restricted within the belief instead of flowing with what life has to offer.
\nSadhguru went onto say that the beliefs that form our psychological structure wall us into a trap but they also give us comfort and security. He said our psychological structure, which gives us identity, is like the walls of a house; it gives us security from what lies outside. But, Sadhguru added, most of us wish to go outside as we sense the trap, therefore we install doors. And, those who are afraid to go outside of the trap they built find a purpose to stay secure in their walls forever.
\nI felt that Sadhguru was saying that to go outside, releasing the psychological structure, is releasing the ego.
\nFrom here Sadhguru went on to say that to go further we need balance \u2013 before we can climb we need to gain balance. He spoke about how many of us work today to dismantle our psychological structure, with this we dismantle our trap but we also dismantle our security.\u00a0 He said if we don\u2019t have balance it is better to stay on the ground then to climb.
\nSadhguru left me wanting more. In the 11 minute video he did not explain how to have balance outside of the ego structure.
\nBalance. This is where my contemplation began today.
\nAs I took my weekly drive to meet with my family for lunch I asked, \u201cWhat is the balance?\u201d
\nAt lunch, after time eating and catching up on all the family news we moved into conversation about the books that we are reading. G is currently reading Brene\u2019 Brown, \u2018Gifts of Imperfection\u2019 so, in knowing that book, I knew the words I could use\u00a0for the conversation included humility, vulnerability, and the false self we create.
\nOur conversation moved onto Jesus as it usually does.\u00a0 This is where G tries to get me to acknowledge the greatness of Jesus as proclaimed in the Bible.\u00a0 I usually remain silent but this week I spoke of my full belief in Jesus but not through the interpretation and confirmation of scholars but by my following of the mystics who I believe are like me and have had experiences with Jesus.
\nDuring our long conversation I stumbled on my points many times (I was not impeccable with my words due to fear of being too woo-woo) however I found myself resolving my points by saying more than once that Jesus said to put God first.
\nIn his effort to re-affirm to me the significance of Jesus, G said that the fact that the disciples ventured out to teach of Jesus, to push aside their fears and to give their own lives, is the proof of the Truth of the message (not that I need proof).\u00a0 G said people would only give their lives this way for the TRUTH.\u00a0 I questioned him because I thought of the Nazis.\u00a0 He said that it wasn\u2019t truth as they went out as aggressors and with a sense of power.
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\nI didn\u2019t understand at first but then understanding came. I laughed as I realized my answer to the question of balance was realized as well \u2013 a gift!
\nHow do we find the balance as we release the ego \u2013 the psychological structure that provides security?
\nWe put God first! \ud83d\ude42<\/strong>
\nThe disciples acted in vulnerability \u2013 their power came from humbling themselves before God. He came first. Their strength and power came from the Holy Spirit. Their mission succeeded past their deaths.Their power was True because they sought only to move and act and do as God would have them do.
\nFreedom without structure is anarchy ~ Sadhguru<\/em>
\nThe release of the ego opens us up to the power of All That Is. Humility, bowing to God is what is necessary to be balanced.
\nLast week I wrote of the ego program<\/a>. The idea of simplifying ego down to a programing loop of the mind caused a shift in me. \u00a0I felt a release, a small opening of separation between my true Self and my ego.
\nI am so grateful for the lesson today so I don\u2019t trek into new places without guidance. I am grateful to God for his continued presence in my life.
\nA door has opened in my psychological structure. I wish to venture out as a balanced being.
\nI now recall an early lesson I heard (and practiced) from Sadhguru in a video I watched a few months ago.\u00a0 He was asked how to start out on the spiritual path.\u00a0 Sadhguru said to practice gratitude for Life.\u00a0 He said to wake up each morning and thank God for a new day to live in.\u00a0 He said throughout the day to return your attention to appreciation for the life before you.
\nI don\u2019t remember if he said it or if I formed this idea – I would think that at any moment God could turn his attention away from this manifested world and it would all dissolve away. It is in this thought that I find gratitude, humility, and devotion to God for All That Is in my experience.
\nAmen.
\nHappy Sunday!
\n\u201cTake my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.\u201d ~ Matthew 11:29-30.<\/em>
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