Addicting To Balance

When we talk about being balanced in life, one has to understand that anything, absolutely anything done to an extreme, brings complicated consequences. One must be careful on becoming too closed-minded and stubborn that you only believe what you think your limited senses perceived or what your mind is obsessed with, or being too open-minded to the point you have no idea of how to think on your own or how to stick up for your own ideas. Krishna brings to us great influences on how one acts and how one is influenced when making a decision. “Lucidity addicts one to joy, and passion to actions, but dark inertia obscures knowledge and addicts one to negligence.” (14, 9) He continues to talk about our great passion for material things that doesn’t bring us close to our real mission. That dark inertia he talks about brings to mind a pendulum of solitude, of never-ending greed for old ideas that will continue impulsing that pendulum of inertia; tragically weaving that soul’s eternity into tedious circles of sterile habit.

Not letting go of your possessions has a great influence on who you are. Being able to appreciate what one has and is capable of obtaining; yet knowing that one’s value cannot be based on possession but on being and on one’s actions is the most important yet most complicated step to becoming a truly free person. “The fruit of good conduct is pure and untainted they say, but suffering is the fruit of passion, ignorance the fruit of dark inertia.” (14, 16) Following the laws of a moral and just life and accepting differences brings a happy way of living to your life. Not being resentful of others progress and jealous of other’s accomplishments is basically due to good, moral, intelligent conduct and also understanding the intrinsic connection we all have. That those accomplishments are also your accomplishments, nothing is accomplished alone. Everything we do, have and are, stands on the shoulders of those who came before us and those who now share this time with us on the planet. The ignorance of this fact causes great frustration and slows evolution.

Being unable to accept one’s mistakes is probably one of the reasons most people feel unable to make great accomplishments in life. That extreme conservative idea of not letting other’s ideas come even to one’s ears is the first step to having the same results over and over again. “From lucidity knowledge is born; from passion comes greed; from dark inertia comes negligence, delusion and ignorance.” (14, 17) Being in the light brings more light and having good intention brings more great things to the day to day moments in one’s life.