(December 30, 2015 at 2:54 am)robvalue Wrote: OK. I don't understand how it's relevant, but I'll try my best.
Balance, in a general sense, means keeping one amount in proportion with another amount, or several amounts all evening out, so that none become overpowering and cause things to "fall". Regarding life, I would take this to mean taking in all aspects of life and not being too obsessed with one thing, so that it consumes you and you miss out or even become physically/mentally unhealthy.
Chaos, informally, I would say is a lack of structure, where things are going all over the place. Regarding life, this would be not thinking things through and rushing from one idea to another, or perhaps a society with no proper rules where people don't work together.
Notice how I'm doing just fine without submitting to anyone. I feel I have a good balance in my life, and I'm doing the best that I can, given my illnesses.
I think you highlighted some important features of the balance. To me, the balance is important, in that it's an program/code in us, that helps live peaceful lives. It teaches us not to go to extremes. It's important that we have time for our family. It's important we do things for society. It's important that we put time for our own joy and happiness. It teaches us also not go to extremes in virtues, but excel in them in a balanced way. Courage, but not foolishness to the extent of getting yourself killed for no reason. It's wisdom put into practice. Honor, but not arrogance. It teaches to be Humble, but not disgraceful. It teaches us to love things in a meaningful way, not excessive or neglectful. It teaches us to care about ourselves, but to not to extent we become selfish in that we always prefer ourselves to others or are willing to trample on the rights of others for ourselves.
Part of the balance is issue of spiritually and our attachment and devotion to God. Even Worship of God can be extreme. If all we do is pray, do rituals, recite his words, etc, it becomes unhealthy way of living.
However, if we embrace the balance as his will, and to our best to embrace the balance and put it to practice, we will be at peace.
That is to say, from my understanding, God didn't program us with balance only so we distrust his commands. We can see that he is caring and compassionate towards us.
However I believe without love towards the source of the balance and the ultimate perfect balance (God) that excels in virtue, we are living unbalanced lives.
In fact, the balance is not created randomly, but from God's truth, at such we cannot be at peace except with the remembrance of God.
This is because God is the peace. He entrusted peace and order in the form of balance.
Chaos on the other hand to me, is the reality of evil and darkness. It makes a mess of God's face and light, and disorders what God enjoined.
It's further worse, when our rebellion towards God not only effects our souls and it's relationship with God, but make us neglect the order and balance his Messengers were sent with to bring so that humanity rises with justice and conducts itself with justice.
Why should you care about what God defines as disgraceful? Because he is what defines disgraceful, and any degree of vision of what is disgraceful can only take place from vision from his vision, light from his light.
Just as the balance is God's Name/face itself, is linked to him, and connected to him.
