Balance and Extremes ~ A Message From the Universe

Spiritual and practical guidance for the week ahead, or whenever you happen to see this 🙂

Today’s Message From the Universe is all about balance and extremes.

It seems to me that we are living in a time when everything must be extreme or fade into obscurity. Who knows, maybe it’s always been that way to an extent, but our technology and way of life have certainly increased it.

Let us remember that there will always be much that we don’t know and even more that we will likely never know!

My views on Atheism come to mind here, as it often seems like another belief system to me. Many who carry that particular torch tend to reject everything they cannot detect with their five senses, leaving no room for the mystery that touches so much of our human experience – much like those whose religious beliefs are so rigid that facts and logic cannot even be entertained. Logic and belief do not have to be mutually exclusive because belief usually deals with the unknown.

We can look at medicine the same way.

Western medicine has provided us with some amazing treatments, cures, and preventions, but has also become incredibly predatory, especially here in the US. Traditional medicine, such as herbal remedies, is quickly denounced by supporters of Western medicine, despite so much of Western medicine being based on those natural remedies.

Aspirin is derived from willow bark. Eucalyptus and other natural plants with similar properties are almost always in the products you might buy to relieve sore muscles. Many prescription medications are based on what we already knew about natural remedies, tweaked for improvement and consistency.

Someone who eschews Western medicine entirely may be missing out on something that can significantly increase their quality of life. On the other hand, someone who scoffs at traditional medicine may be dealing with unnecessary side effects of prescription medication when a simple natural remedy would help without all the extra symptoms.

You can apply this balance vs. extremism to everything in life.

I could go on indefinitely regarding all the situations and behaviors where this dichotomy is present because it can be found in everything. Look for the extremes that are showing up in your life today and ask yourself what lies between them. Nothing in life is black and white; everything is on a spectrum, and most things move up and down that spectrum throughout your life.

Where could your own thinking, beliefs, or behaviors use a little more balance?

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