On Balance

Once someone, after reading a piece of poetry that I wrote, asked me, “How do you write the way you write?” After giving some seconds of thought to it, I smiled and said, “I put the right ratio of thoughts and emotions into what I write, most of the time I do it consciously but sometimes not-so-consciously.” 

I learned something from my own reply that this is how I’ve been doing things for so long, putting the right amount of thoughts and emotions in what I write, read, draw or study. 

But when it comes to handling external situations, I become a total mess.

In yogic culture, this balancing of nadis/channels of energy- Ida(left) and Pingala(right), is done by doing certain yogic practices. In an ideal case, a human with balanced nadis is “Human”, having an equal amount of masculine and feminine attributes.

Mostly, in not-so-ideal human beings (like most of us), one of them is dominant.

This can be seen as how some people are more logical and others more intuitive, some think more and others feel more.

Bringing a balance between Ida and Pingala makes you work effectively in both the inner and the outer world. 

There is a third Nadi called Sushumna, which is centrally situated. When the energies enter into Sushumna, a person attains “Vairagya” (let’s not go there, mystical stuff and all, right?)

Every once in a while, I check myself whether I am reacting out of my emotions or am I being too logical. Generally, I find myself being more emotional and less logical! Well, I am a woman after all, haha!

Have you ever thought about how balanced you are in your day-to-day life while you do something? Do you do something under the influence of your emotions? Or are your decisions in life more affected by the logical conditioning of your mind?

.