Close to the beginning of the life of this site, I introduced the Lens Theory. It starts off with the following assumptions:

1. God is all there is, and is absolute good.
2. You are an expression of God.

It states that the degree to which you express and experience God in the world is based upon your lens. Your lens is the total of experiences, thoughts, and conditioning. But then, it begged the question, “If God is all there is, what creates the lens?”

At this point in most philosophies and theologies, the ego is introduced as the thing responsible for all the gunk that make up your lens. I have a different idea. What if God as the creative force and Energy of life creates the lens?

Now, don’t think of God as the man in the sky God. Think of God as the stuff that life is made of, the Essence of Life. A better word might be Spirit. It is underlying everything and coming into expression as you. It is not just the content, but the Intelligence that is you as well.

What if Spirit creates the thoughts, experiences, and conditioning so that you have the conditions to create the other experiences that you want? Here’s an example.

I recently decided that I wanted to polarize as a “lightworker”. In plain English, that means that I want to live from love, I want to be in service to the highest good of all, and I want to do it exclusively. “Isn’t that what you were doing all along?”, you ask. Not really, I was hanging out on the fence.

Meanwhile, I had a plan for this weekend. My cousin, who is also my best friend came to town. I was planning to canvass with her and spend the whole weekend catching up. On Tuesday, I got hit with the flu. I was down for the count. I’m talking difficulty breathing, aching body, can’t leave the bed – let alone the house. So my plans went all haywire. All I kept asking was how can I be of service to the highest good of all. The answer came clearly, “You have to be healthy first.”

See, I’d been processing the polarization thing. Trying to figure out how it all works. How do you receive if you’re concentrating on giving? How do you give if you’re concentrating on receiving? Where is the balance? I decided to take it on faith and go with the giving flow. It felt more nourishing and in alignment with my personality. I get the answers clear as day with the flu.

You choose a direction for energy flow. Always ask the question consistent with that polarity. The answer will lead you to do what is necessary, even if it seems counterintuitive to the flow that you’ve chosen.

All that drama, just so I could get, at a cellular level, the idea of polarity. The flu answered several other questions and asked even more, but the experience is now a part of my lens.

Spirit is always creating, always expressing as each and every one of us, always present in every moment, and always for the highest good of all.

In Spirit,
Nneka

The name of the blog is Balanced Life Center, yet there isn’t one article on living a balanced life. How odd! To remedy the situation, I’ll be doing a series on balanced living in the near future, but first I need your help.

• What are some of the questions you have about balanced living?
• How do you live a balanced life?
• What does a balanced life mean to you?

When I started the site, my intention was to write about how the 5 major aspects of life (financial, health, relationships, spirituality, and purpose) dovetail to form a full, balanced life. Since then, the site has taken a decidedly spiritual turn as I feel I have the most to share in this arena. I don’t like it when people tell me to do things they don’t do personally and I didn’t want to be one of “those” people.

Since the inception of the site, my life has rounded out quite a bit. Though, as I mentioned in the article on building capacity, I’m still not playing at the level I wish in every area. I’m learning right along with all of you. And it’s fun!

I’m looking forward to all of your questions and working on this new series.

In Spirit,
Nneka