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BALANCE — it’s not static
The Archangels’ theme for global prayer last month was “Balance”. Specifically, that each person’s energies would be balanced. Well, no, not “each person’s” but our own energies would be balanced — feminine and masculine, as well as a balance of emotional energies.
This was not a theme that immediately “drew pictures” in my head. I’m a pretty easy-going person, so I didn’t get a feeling of needing much balance.
But a month is a long time. The Archangels suggest praying all together on Friday evenings, but I rarely have time on Friday evenings. The Archangels also say to pray any time because they can collect the any-time prayers and bundle them together with all the prayers across the globe on Friday evenings.
So I prayed for a short time every evening, tossing my bits into the collective pot. By month’s end, I was gifted three images of insight.
The first one was of a tightrope walker. The walker had climbed up the tall ladder to reach the tiny tightrope platform. The audience held their breath as she stuck one foot out and tested the rope. It sprang against the weight of her foot, steadied, and took her full weight.
But what held her weight? Two poles at opposite ends of the rope. The tension between opposing poles. The strain of opposing forces maintaining a balance — as well as allowing her a…
