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Home > Rivulets > Balancing Author: Albert Hendra Wijaya Translated by: D. Wijaya Food is one of the most important things in our life. Every person needs food (including beverages). There are many kinds of food with different appearances and tastes. Each person has his or her own preferences and appetite. Besides supporting our life, it also satisfies our palate. A good food is a food that tastes good to us; satisfies our appetite; meets our body's nutritional needs, and has economic value. Of course, to prepare good food we must have a good recipe. A good recipe is one in which there is a balance between all aspects. The medical world has a proverb that says, "Medicine is poison". What this really means is that if someone sick, (out of balance internally), that person can be cured by taking another essence in some amount for the purpose of restoring a balanced condition. An unbalanced condition can be caused by a shortage of a surplus of some essence that makes the body's equilibrium became unstable. When prescribing a medicine, it must be in the perfect amount, because if it is over the limit it can make the condition worse. As we knew, water is very important to our life, but for people who live in big cities, healthy water is difficult to get. Water can be an expensive thing that we, sometimes, must buy. This has happened because human desires to increase levels of knowledge and prosperity have put Mother Nature in an unbalanced condition. Sometimes humans do things without considering end results that might make their life worse in the future. From the above examples, we can see that balancing is important thing, in macro or micro. Someone may ask, "How can I live in balance?" But every person can answer that question with his or her own judgement, because every person makes judgements base on his or her own opinion. Just hearing the word "Balance" may bring to our mind two different things, which is have some power of struggle between them. The concept of "Justice" usually implies a sense of balance. In Tao, "balance" is one of the most important things. Balancing in Tao has a very wide meaning and a close relation to nature. Balancing in Tao isn't quantifiable. It is a process that arranges every aspect in its own position and time and in right condition. Its function is to make everything run smoothly. In our imagination, we can consider balancing as a huge living web of elements, complex in interaction and harmonious in movement. The presence of balancing, whether micro or macro, always improves and moves with its own unique ways. Balancing in high level, to stay and cover this universe in every aspect, and conquer every single tiny aspect. In our daily life we cannot make the power of balancing step aside. Below some level, in the micro condition, humans can be considered to have some influence in roundabout ways. Oftentimes, though, humans do not understand that they may have played a part in the imbalance. But Universal Balancing will return all things, down to even the tiniest cells, to the perfect, balanced state. Balancing in universal scope has its own universal rules. Because of that, all unbalanced conditions, micro or macro, will return to a balanced state. This process of returning to a balanced state may be perceived by humanity to be a disorderly process but, in time, the ultimate balance will be seen clearly for it all occurs in perfect harmony in nature. If sometimes balancing does not seem to be a struggle, it is because it occurred at the perfect moment, just as it was needed. Below are realistic and practical ways to be as a Taoist. Because balancing covers such a huge scope the concept will be discussed in general. In a practical way, to be more functional and to relate this to our social life, we will start from a single tiny scope, ourselves. Self balancing Our profile as a person whoever it is can be considered as a valuable condition but it must be improved from time to time to become more and more perfect, that is with Siu Tao (   ). In this process, including body and mind, balancing is a needed aspect so every element inside the process does not stand on its own legs, but becomes a part of the totality that makes us human beings. Talking about balancing, all things must be start from ourselves before we move forward. The broader scope of the balancing process will be built by nature if we start it from ourselves.Family balancing As a person we also as a member of a family. In the family we have our own position. Usually every person has not only in one position, for example the father is the head of the family but is also the husband of his wife. In our capacity to become a perfect person, as a Taoist, all positions must have equal value. Mainly in big cities, a lot of grating happens because of the changing nature of family life style. Busy, bustling lifestyles make family relationships became weak, money slowly but surely replacing all respect for balance. As we know, money is a great magnet for everybody, but as a wise Taoist we must put money in a proper and right position. The other important thing is attention, allowing time and equal activity for each family member in his or her position. Based on balancing, hopefully we can make a harmonious family. Society balancing One thing that we can not avoid is society. We are part of society. Society is where we belong, and every person has his or her own position and function, even in a tiny dot. Balancing in a society can be considered as a society life that grows freely and positively, full of variations and dynamism in one harmonious condition. This condition occurs because of every contribution of each member in his or her own position in balance. Because we want our society became balanced, we must take a part in it. There are a lot more subjects which could be discussed with regard to balancing, this article has covered only a few of those things. The main thing is "Balancing is an important thing". |
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