Essential Balance Principles
The Essential Balance Principles™ are a set of universal principles for the journey of liberating the essential self and living an empowered life. Keep them in mind. Use them to create greater health and harmony.
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1. “KNOW THYSELF.”The “self” that you need to know is the Essential One that is your Essence. Develop greater AWARENESS. This is the key to ALL.
“To study the Way
is to study the self.
To study the self
is to forget the self.
To forget the self
is to be enlightened by all things. . .”
Zen Master Dogen (1200-1253 AD)
2. REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF LIFE.Most people know that they are part of something larger than themselves, but, at times, they forget.
3. DISCOVER MEANING. Life is not random. The Universe is always communicating with those who are willing to listen. Ask yourself, WHAT CAN I LEARN from my life experiences?
4. BE OPEN. Question what you THINK about your self.Be open to re-vision—that is seeing your self differently.. . Question what you think is real.(How do you KNOW?) When we have fixed ideas about things, we are closed to new possibilities and perspectives, and to experiencing deeper levels of reality. Be open to the MYSTERY of Life.
5. USE THE POWER TO CHOOSE. Each day, we make countless choices that have an impact on our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing. Whether we are promoting health, harmony, happiness, and conscious evolution is up to us. The ability to choose is an enormous power. How might you choose differently, so that your choices support your Essential Balance?
6. BE KIND. The tiniest drop of loving-kindness has exponential healing power— a soft, quiet power that can melt the heart, calm the mind, and soothe the soul.
7. PRACTICE NON-JUDGMENT. Judgment is the constant habit of evaluating and categorizing the self, others and life experiences as either “good or bad” or “right or wrong.” Judgment leads to emotional suffering. Judgment also limits perception. By letting go of judgment, we can avoid unnecessary suffering and discover new freedom and possibilities.
8. ACCEPTANCE.
9. THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG, OTHER THAN BE TRUE TO THE SELF.
10. BREATHE.
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11. TRUST YOURSELF.
12. REALIZE YOUR POTENTIAL.
13. LOVE YOURSELF.
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