An important part of the philosophy of Taoism is to help to explain and understand the Universal concept of balance and harmony.
Although very simple in theory, it can be very easily misunderstood.
One of those misunderstandings is that once you have obtained, or have come close to obtaining, a balance – that’s it, ‘job done‘!
Nothing could be further from the truth!
The correct balance in any given moment is a constantly changing and moving equilibrium. We therefore we have to be ready to be flexible and adaptable and deal with the flow of this change if we are to find the balance in any given life situations.
Understanding change, and the fact that there is nothing more certain in life than change, is another important philosophy of Taoism.
The Ego, with is the Authentic self out of balance, encourages exaggerated self-reliance, stubbornness, confusion, immediacy, feelings of unfairness and conflict and the creation of ‘new problems‘, all because they maintain and increase the imbalance and space it needs to flourish and survive.
The Ego does not understand or trust the twisting, turning road of fate. As a result it will emphasise or exaggerate a perceived problem as proof that the Universe is unfair‘, ‘doesn’t understand you‘, or is ‘out to get you‘.
It will encourage you to see progress as a straight extreme line that can be exactly planned, measured and judged. Something that you can judge on or judged against.
It is in fact extremely judgmental about others and more importantly, about you!
In order to facilitate this, the Ego disguises itself as your ‘friend‘, ‘defender‘ and ‘confidant’, almost as a confidence trickster or con artist would.
The Ego can activate that awful feeling in your chest or tummy feeling of the fear (FOF), which makes all the Ego misunderstanding seem real and very frightening, Which then seem logical to avoid at all costs.
That avoidance sets up a pattern of behaviour and reaction which is very difficult to spot, yet alone stop!
So when you are in your worse Ego state, it gives you the best opportunity to learn and understand the mechanics of how it works for you. This needs calm rational thought, consideration and meditation
