The Balance of Two

Terror comes with the territory. To not have a different perspective other then the little me is terrifying. Always, the possibility of invasion is there. To secure our well-being is a life long endeavor, but at any time, something could invade our personal space and threaten our sense of well-being. At any time, we can be shaken. The human house is indeed built on sand.

To be at peace in the world, to survive the unforeseen, one must acquire a dual perspective. One must acquire the ability to look "from" the little me, ie. the sand, as well as the ability to look "at" the little me from the greater perspective of solid rock. To look from the greater perspective is to not be subject to insecurities and threats.

To have only one perspective is not balanced. To have only the greater perspective is to be out of touch with what it means to be human, to have only the lesser perspective is to be out of touch with what it means to be divine. Neither, alone, is true self-knowledge. If the local perspective is missing, the human perspective is missing. If the grander perspective is missing, the perspective of the inner being is missing.

The inner being is the perspective of the deathless. It is not subject to insecurities and invasions that threaten the person. The inner being has a different perspective. It's perspective is timeless. If the body-mind mechanism is trying to protect it, it need not. The inner being is indestructible.

To know the inner being is to have eternal life. To know only the local perspective is to find oneself at the mercy of life without an "out" or "in", depending on how one looks at it.

When we speak of a shift in consciousness, we are speaking of a shift out of one perspective into another. We are speaking of a shift from the dominating local point of view to the grander timeless point of view, which is the perspective of the inner being. If this were to happen on a large scale, we would speak of a planetary shift in consciousness.

There is no great mystery as to what this shift is or how it comes about. It is not so mysterious or elusive as "shift happens." I find that it is a power possessed by all human beings, as body and soul composites. The best thing to do, to discover this dual perspective, is to get with a teacher. Then, you will have the balance of two.