Levels of Being

        Reality is a difficult thing to deal with on a daily basis. It just doesn't seem that any day can go so smooth as to not have some bump in the road. When we do have a really good day, we comment on it as a special day. Perhaps we need to repair those potholes in the road of life's travels. Each day does not have to be a struggle. That is not to say that it will be smooth and without its bumps in the road but it can be made easier by attitude. We are different selves on different planes, but we can be different in the self that we present to the world on earth. We're not talking here about moods but different ways of being in the world. We know those who hide, those who seek out life, and those who struggle, and even those who seem to have an easy time. Are some lucky and others not? It would appear so, but we have the example as often given of the same thing happening to two or more different people. The response determines the effect and sometimes the outcome of an event. We find our 'being' leaning toward the positive and negative poles of living or some say the up and down, perhaps even a roller coaster type of existence. Still the level of being that we most manifest is the one which will have the most rewarding outcome.

        How do we project different levels of being and what exactly does that mean? At the core of each person is the spirit that guides the soul. As a guide, it must be listened to and yet so often there is no listening at all. The 'being' of a person has its own individual stamp, yet in all, there is the flexibility to become different aspects of that being. We are sometimes braver than we know when an unexpected crisis asks us to act quickly. We learn patience and we exhibit the whole range of emotions, both dark and light. We go through different levels of being. How then do we find the level that balances and the level which will be most supportive in life? It is not as difficult as it might seem and yet, of course, takes awareness. We find the level of emotion, of thought, and of action that brings us the most rewarding sense of living. We may go up and down in our emotions and feelings, but like looking through an index, we need to look at the range we exhibit and find the middle, the balance. Once we sort through all the range of beings, it is not to say that we will stay at one level and circumstances require other levels, but overall, we need to find that balance, that middle, that eveness that will help us restore or save our sanity in what seems, at times, an insane world.

        Balance by thought, balance by awareness, balance by control of the emotional range and balance with the different positive aspects that each person can be.