Equilibrium is a natural concept

It is rightly said that the eyes do not see what the mind does not know. The eyes hold the sparkle of the celestial soul that resides within our being. When we perceive our inner vision and gaze at our mind’s mirror, not just the mirror on the wall, we reach a higher plane. But what if you are distressed? No worries. Simply look into the face of a loved one, or anyone around. You will be able to sense that within each eye you see a wholeness.
Each eye speaks a language of its own — that all of us are part of the cosmos, or the infinite universe. William Shakespeare celebrated the idea best, in his lilac words, “The eyes are the windows of the soul.” The bard’s allegorical expression is altruistic — it brings home the eternal truth that all of us are essentially whole – a sum of all parts, and a part of the whole.
Philosophers relate to the idea of wholeness as inner calm, or balance. In other words, homeostasis. Homeostasis is keeping things constant, or steady. To illustrate a simple exampl, the functional realm of our being — or, body or physiology — is maintained through homeostasis. It connects to the self-regulatory mechanisms within our body.
It also links us to a host of feedback mechanisms that balance basic adjustments in our bodily functions. For instance, when the carbon dioxide content in our blood begins to rise, we breathe in air more deeply. Likewise, when we drink far too much coffee, or tea, we accept more ‘invites’ from the washroom.
Balance, or equilibrium, is as innate in nature as it is to our human condition. Agreed, that in our frenetic world, it takes just an instant for us to quiver with our sense of imbalance. Is that because we are far too much into things outside of ourselves? Yes. We also have no time to recognise and dismantle the materialistic facets of our lives, because we have so much to do, and so little time.
Hence, we think of balance as an extended rainbow synthesis. That it is so aesthetically beautiful to look at, but difficult to hold — or, so we believe.
When we try to achieve balance, new experiences may upset our equilibrium applecart, all right. It must be said that balance is not as complicated as it seems on the surface, or sounds. Balance is not 50-50, as expressed through a popular biscuit brand. It could be just as good, even when you think of it as the 80-20 principle — a simple tenet of life, balance and achievement. What does this signify? That the key to balance is within us — more so, when we weigh each aspect of our life without being too obsessed with each element.
Life is, after all, complex — there are far too many sets of scales to balance. But, we’d all do well to bear in mind that they are all integrated. Balance, therefore, is not an end to a means, but a means in itself. It is a natural concept — a model that commemorates human acceptance and also human contradiction.
Timeless wisdom suggests that continual imbalance is the outcome of a domineering ego that clings to things, without allowing it to free itself. It is only when we equate balance, not just with addition, but also subtraction, will we come of age and grow in stature.