Dynamic Balance

By Trish Briggs

My concept of balance has shifted over the years. As my knowledge of energy increased, balance shifted from being very rigid and fixed, to something else completely. It is now a dynamic concept (dynamic means that it changes or moves depending on circumstances).

In the beginning, I identified balance as a fixed thing. It involved a comparison between two things, until they were found to match in some fashion. The match I was seeking could be associated with equality, positioning, or fairness. Once I found this match, the two were balanced. And in my mind, balance was fixed once I found it and knew what it looked like. Let me share some examples.

I have balance (equality) when two things weigh the same. I have balance when I locate the midpoint (equidistant) on a line (continuum). When the little stone sits (positioning) on top of the larger stone and does not wobble, I have balance. The scales of justice are balanced (fairness) when the punishment fits the crime. I have balance when there are the same number of red and black checkers (equality and fairness) before playing a game of checkers. You get the idea.

I stopped too soon in my understanding! Or, let’s say instead, my understanding evolved with my wisdom of energy and healing.

Once I integrated the concept that everything is energy, and energy is constantly in motion, shifting, and changing, balance could no longer be fixed. Balance had to move, shift and change too along with everything else.

Why am I so interested in balance? I am seeking balance as I seek a new position, a balanced position within duality (two extremes) so that I can move beyond the dramatic effects of their dueling. (Dynamic balance will be crucial for the third way or 5D energies so many in the spiritual community of spoken of.)

Without dynamic balance, I run the risk of being energetically tossed between the two extremes or holding on tightly to one of the extremes to avoid being tossed like a rag doll. When I originally thought balance could be found directly in the middle of the two, I found that was not the case.

Balance cannot be a fixed point in an environment that is constantly shifting.

I now see balance as a more complex and dynamic concept that reminds me of the teeter-totter (seesaw) that I used to play on in the school yard.

Let’s look at the dynamics of the teeter-totter.

Dynamic balance is now measured in the ability to move the teeter-totter up and down so that each party gets an equal measure of up and down. Sometimes you are pushing off, and other times you are drifting back down when the other person pushes off. Teeter-totters come in different sizes. The length of the arms and distance to fulcrum (middle point) shift where balance will be achieved. The counterweight (other person) on the opposite side of the teeter-totter shifts your balanced position(distance from the fulcrum). The pushing off and drifting down are done in equal measure if there is balance.

Another way to look at this: I am shifting my position (near the middle of the continuum) between the energy of the two extremes. Sometimes the pull from one extreme may be greater, but by shifting my teeter-totter and my position on it, I can maintain balance near the middle and not be tossed/pulled all the way to one of the extremes.

I need awareness to keep this balance because my situation is constantly in flux due to what is happening around me (external) and with me (internal).

It is no longer a given that balance is achieved at the fixed point in the middle. I am working with the energies to find my way (shifting where balance is for me) beyond, or out of reach of the extreme effects of these two dueling energies (extremes). The good news is it gets easier to achieve and maintain with practice.

And one final thought: often in spiritual communities balance and internal stability are blended as one. If this is a truth, then as we enter the third way or the 5D paradigm, our concept of stability must change too.