Consider that even the stars and planets operate in balance. Look at the way our own planet travels through space. As the earth makes its way around the sun, there are four milestones we recognize as special events, and that recognition itself is based on the balanced relationship these events have with each other. Two of these are in complete balance because they are equivalent although opposites — the vernal equinox and the autumnal equinox. The vernal equinox (approximately March 21) occurs when the sun crosses the equator from south to north; the autumnal equinox (approximately September 23) occurs when the sun crosses the equator from north to south. From a balance perspective, what makes these two events interesting is that when each one occurs, the length of the light of day and the dark of night are exactly the same on both days even though the events occur opposite each other on the celestial calendar and in space.

The other two events — the summer and winter solstices — are in balance as well. During the summer solstice, the sun reaches the biggest declination at exactly 23 1/2 degrees north of the equator, and during the winter solstice, the sun reaches the biggest declination south of the equator also at exactly 23 1/2 degrees.

We see similar examples of balance at the atomic and molecular levels. Every stable atom and every molecule is in balance with the total number of negatively charged electrons equaling the total number of positively charged protons. In those cases in which a particular element or molecule is not in such balance, there is instability, and the atom or molecule begins spewing electrons or other subatomic particles in an effort to achieve balance. Alternatively, the unstable atom or molecule combines with some other out-of-balance atom or molecule to achieve balance through ionic or covalent bonding.

Despite what we may think or like to think about our role in nature, we humans are part of a balanced universe, and it is natural for us to be in balance and, conversely, unnatural for us to be out of balance in our lives.

This, of course, raises the question as to why it is that we don’t live our lives in a state of balance like the universe around us. The quick answer is that we have attempted to remove ourselves from the natural order of things. Why has this happened to us? Again, the quick answer is that our approach to living has traditionally been a left-brain, cognitive, logical one. Relying so heavily on the left brain in our history of evolution has given us the appearance of having successfully removed ourselves from the natural order of things. The truth, however, is that we have lost our way.

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