“Balance. It is what brings about success in love as well as in a tight rope act; it is a fundamental to philosophy as it is to science. It makes our planet Earth dance in the galaxy; or looking closer in, it is that which, if we cry too much, makes us laugh, and also laugh until we cry.
The still, pivotal point of being and the universe, equilibrium is what brings about the moment of stillness and thereby at the same time defines movement and change, the only thing in our lives that can be said to be constant.
From harmony to a state of rest, from calmness to communion to fullness and serenity, there seem to be many advantages of living in a balanced universe. It`s like this: if two elements that are in the process of finding equilibrium exchange and share their differences, eliminating whatever makes the scale tip to one side, they give up some of their individual qualities, do away with a relationship of domination, and refuse to get stuck in a condition that is distorted or unjust. In this sense balance is letting go of identity, perhaps a step towards freedom.
If there is one concept that sums up the challenge that faces humanity in the new millennium, it is balance – the balance that gives us peace instead of war, the balance between consumption and respect for the precious resources of the earth.”
By Jean-Etienne Poirer in Dancing the Wave