Your Center.
On good and bad as subjective judgments – and on returning to your center, where you are yourself, free of them.
Every now and then an urge shows up in me that does not fit the person I think I am supposed to be. My first reflex is to sort it – good or bad, allowed or forbidden – and to push it away before anyone notices, myself included.
This letter takes the sorting out of my hands. Nothing, it says, is good or bad per se – our values are subjective categories, and love itself does not judge. "The Universal Principle of Balance" describes the law behind this: nature always strives for equilibrium. The letter turns that law inward and asks one honest question – is the urge authentic? – and if it is, maybe it is the values that need adjusting, not you.
If you are carrying a desire you have already sentenced, this letter is for you.
Dear traveler,
The path you are on is often steep, but often light and carrying too; sometimes there are tests to master. Sometimes it is time to give, and sometimes you may take. Do you see the pattern? Yes, you see it. It is always about balance.
There is nothing that is good or bad per se. What our values generally categorize as "good" can become bad in excess. And the other way around: sometimes we draw from things that are commonly called bad. You see – judgment is subjective.
Love is simple. It does not judge. Love is part of nature, and nature always strives for balance – and so love, too, is in balance.
So when an urge arises in you that at first glance does not fit your values: check! Is the urge authentic? Does it come from fear? Greed? Ego? Or from clarity? From truth? If the latter, it may be time to adjust your values!
But mind the balance as you do – it is not about jumping from one extreme to the other. It is about coming back to your center. To the place where you are yourself – free of value judgments – playfully discovering. Intuitive.
Thank you for being here.
If something in these letters stayed with you, take it along – think about it, write your own answer, or just let it sit.
And if not today, that's okay too. There's no rush.
Until next time,
– Jan