Daily Meditation: Monday, September 13, 2010

Spirit and matter - necessary to find a balance between the two

09/13/2010

The origin of all imbalance is the lack of balance that exists between spirit and matter. It is this lack of balance that brings in its wake all the other kinds of anomaly we see in existence. Spirit and matter are two poles, two principles which human beings need to know how to work with intelligently, sensibly and carefully. While it is not advisable to emulate the West, with its emphasis on material acquisitions to the detriment of the soul and spirit, neither is it advisable to follow the example of India and other countries where they have put up with lives of poverty, famine and illness for centuries. We have to give spirit and matter their respective places: not reject matter but ensure that it submits to spirit and is obedient to it. It is by balancing spirit and matter that individuals and societies are able to flourish.