Accountable Extremes

I am so happy to be able to share this idea with everyone today. We live in a dual world. There cannot exist black without white, up without down, good without bad and love without hate.

The news, Internet, tv programs and religion all focus on this duality. Sometimes, we are able to poke fun at the extremes of physical life and at other times, it tries our very patience to the bitter end! When we understand the Rule of Polarity more clearly, we will be able to maintain control over the extremes. Life will not be so difficult to manage.

There are two ends, opposites, or poles to everything in the physical, mental and spiritual plane. Polarity stands for the two extremes of a single thing. Each condition or object resides on its own plane of existence. Therefore, summer and evil are on unrelated, separate planes. I used a thermometer the other day as an example when explaining this to a friend. Let me briefly try it here.

Looking at a thermometer, please point out to me the exact point where hot is now cold. You cannot do this because it is all a matter of degree or perspective. On a thermometer, forty degrees in Alaska is a heat wave, while forty degrees in Texas is frigid. There is no set point that alters the sensation of hot to cold. It is all a degree of warmer or colder temperature.

Likewise, in our dual world the amount of love or hate expressed by a person is simply a degree of the same thing. When we come to understand that everything is on the same continuum, then we learn to accept that there is no absolute!

Imagine the thermometer again. The line expressing the temperature is the plane. Since hot and cold are on the plane of temperature it can be changed. Instead of residing at hold or cold, most of us prefer mild, which is in the middle. Similarly, love and hate are on the same plane. Instead of everything being expressed as “I love you or I hate you” one may find the middle ground of compassion, concern and kindness a more pleasing way to express emotions.

Because of polarity, we are able to change any situation or condition. You may not like someone but you can visualize being kind, anyway. You can even improve a negative conversation by visualizing a more positive response.

So, on that note, the quote of the day is:

“We can only grow closer to the light by avoiding the extremes on all planes.” tc

Animal Smarts

Frazzled? Exhausted? Stressed Out?


It is easy to feel this way in our “Hurry up and wait world.” The kids need this, the husband wants that, the boss says one thing and the doctor stresses another! What are we supposed to do?

I have figured out that animals are brilliant teachers. Do you see them being pulled in a million different directions? No. Animals eat when they are hungry, sleep when they are tired and roam when they want a change of scenery. The prime motivating factor has nothing to do with one species being smarter than another. It has everything to do with one species acting in a way that is “best for its overall well-being.”

An animal only runs when death appears to be imminent. It does not run all day long because it knows, instinctually, that running all day is not healthy. An animal does not eat excessively because it knows that it only needs to eat when hunger calls.

An animal does not let outside stimuli dictate its every breath.

So, on that note, the quote of the day is:

“The fastest way to find relief is to slow down and think.” tc