What is a mistake but an opportunity to learn and to gain knowledge and understanding from our experiences… If we always got it right the first time around, there wouldn’t be much to look forward to in this experience we call life now would there?
Perfection is recognized by lack of flaw and therefore cannot be experienced or realized without the existence of a mistake. We could never fully appreciate the sunny days if we were never inconvenienced by the rain, and just as well, to know the purity of goodness we would have to understand the depths of evil… but instead of looking at how two opposite ideas compete against each other, maybe we should begin to look at how opposites might compliment each other or how two opposing forces may balance each other out.
If perfection needs flaw (or lack there of) to exist, that means that flaw or a mistake needs the idea of perfection to exist as well, one cannot persist without the other. So how perfect is perfection and how flawed can a mistake really be if neither of them can be comprehended without the reality of the other?
I try to use this same train of thought when it comes to dealing with mistakes I’ve made… Acknowledging my mistakes, looking at them as a part of what makes my experience in this realm balanced and not as an opposing force or a stubborn stain on the fabric of my life that just won’t come clean.
In this life there will be times when I make miserable mistakes and there will be times when I make pure perfection… but what’s most important is understanding that balance takes precedence over all opposing forces or duality I may encounter at any given moment. And there is still duality in dualism, the opposite of two is one… and when we are able to balance experiencing the something-ness of life as well as the nothingness of it… just us with ourselves, closing our eyes, focusing on our breath, without wanting, needing, competing… that is when we ourselves are whole and complete exactly as we are… finding balance.
I am a work in progress, trying to find balance in different areas of my life, I try to meditate daily… what methods do you use to bring balance into your life? Please share in the comment section below!
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