Finding the Fulcrum

Finding the Fulcrum

 

By Jo Mooy

I read an article recently where Feng Shui was described as the “art of placement.” If you don’t know anything about Feng Shui, it’s an ancient Chinese system of orienting your space in relation to the flow of energy. Without minimizing the system, furniture, pictures, plants, color and lighting are adjusted or moved around a room (or building) by determining where energy is flowing through the windows or doors. Hard edges are re-positioned or softened so balance prevails in the living space.

I wondered if this “art of placement” could be applied to living life in the chaotic years of the 21st Century. Why? Because no matter what the situation is, global or local, monumental or minuscule, vocal or visual, it results in tirades of right vs. wrong, causing glaring displays of disharmony and unbalance. It’s hideously evident in the digital feeds on Facebook or Twitter. Or any social media for that matter.

This daily digital prowl connects us with people across the globe that we’ve never met and probably won’t. Yet, at the click of a mouse, we’re entangled in discussions with these people where we judge their views by liking what they say or do, or hurling insults if we don’t. The old town plaza where citizens met to discuss local affairs with a degree of civility, (even if you disagreed,) has erupted into a global free-for-all where most opinions are stridently right or left and seldom neutral. Those on the left are perplexed at the ignorance or stupidity of those on the right. Those on the right are stunned that the lefties can’t see the “obvious truths” of what’s right in front of their eyes.

How do we get through this convoluted maze? How can we stand in balance without shattering our collective sensibilities? The “art of placement” came to mind. The inner room (the being) needed to have its furniture (beliefs) and pictures (opinions) and even its lighting (spiritual guidance) adjusted so that harmony and balance could be restored.  Doing that required an extraordinary act of Finding the Fulcrum.

A fulcrum is the place where an even distribution of weight allows something, or someone, to remain upright and steady without tipping over. Most of the time it’s dead center like the centerpiece that balances a seesaw. But, when things are unbalanced, the fulcrum has to move to the right or left. WE have to, with super-human effort, become the fulcrum. When the demons of Facebook, Twitter and the news media demolish our sense of justice, hold a moment. Recognize the constrictions taking place within the inner room.  Where is the barrage of tight energy coming from? Halting your beliefs and opinions, or moving them around in your inner space, will allow you to Find the Fulcrum.

Spiritual guidance always determines the balance point. The energetic poisons bombarding the room can be removed or suspended. That simple change in perspective will mitigate the contracting flow by allowing you to detach from the need to be right. Realizing the attack is a fear or a cry for help can unleash compassion. Seeing the bigger picture becomes the biggest re-balancer—for this is where the fulcrum is most needed.

When something is squeezed too tightly there must be an equal release. That’s the nature of balance. Darkness, or evil, will be met with light. Constriction will be met with wisdom. Criticism will come up against respect. Despair will be met by hope.

By witnessing the energies and moving the fulcrum so that our perspective changes, we do the work that moves human consciousness forward.

Ultimately, the right and the left are always in balance though we seldom see it. Yet, when either is constricted, it causes the other side of the seesaw to sway and re-balance. That sway is consciousness moving.

The message is one of balance regardless of the presentation. Do something! If we see weeds and feel they don’t belong there, pull the weeds. If we see petunias, delight in the colorful petunias. Everyone will see something different. Those with the insight to understand this will continue Finding the Fulcrum. They will become the true artists in restoring the balance.

Jo Mooy has studied with many spiritual traditions over the past 40 years. The wide diversity of this training allows her to develop spiritual seminars and retreats that explore inspirational concepts, give purpose and guidance to students, and present esoteric teachings in an understandable manner. Along with Patricia Cockerill, she has guided the Women’s Meditation Circle since January 2006 where it has been honored for five years in a row as the “Favorite Meditation” group in Sarasota, FL, by Natural Awakenings Magazine. Teaching and using Sound as a retreat healing practice, Jo was certified as a Sound Healer through Jonathan Goldman’s Sound Healing Association. She writes and publishes a monthly internationally distributed e-newsletter called Spiritual Connections and is a staff writer for Spirit of Maat magazine in Sedona. For more information go to www.starsoundings.com or email jomooy@gmail.com.

 

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