Restoring Balance in the World

Restoring Balance in the World through Learning to Bridge Heaven with Earth

by Mandy Peterson

Everything is symbolic. It is true life is an illusion or dream, but are you able to read it?

Right now, if you notice what is happening to water, it is being destroyed by symbols that represent fire and which are toxic. However, when we think of water and fire, we normally think of using water to put out too much fire. Now, we find that fire is somehow putting out water (or at least the life within it). However, in the natural world, fire symbols are eased by applying water symbols. For example, burnout is relieved by meditation and rest. War is relieved by peace. Over-striving, pride, competition, and the need for conquest are relieved by simplicity and humility. Dehydration (when fire evaporates water), is cured through rehydration. How many of us these days suffer from low-grade dehydration or feeling tired or drained in life force?

Water represents the Yin/Feminine element. It has a reflective and nurturing quality. It represents receptivity, emotions, intuition, quiet, simplicity and yielding. Fire/Sun is a Yang/Masculine element. It represents power, mind, authority, conquest, confidence and action. Both are positive and needed for balance, but both can also become out of balance, which chaos is the result.

Yin is also represented by the Divine Mother. We can tell by looking at the state of health of Mother Earth how healthy our relationship with the Divine Mother is. Right now, She is “reflecting” to us that she is largely being ignored. Many of the religions of the world teach followers to ignore the Divine Mother in favor of an all-powerful Father. Even the new-age in some factions of ideology teaches followers to ignore what is happening to the Divine Mother as “illusion.” Some are taught not to focus upon Mother Earth because this might get in the way of “positivity” and the pursuance of yang pursuits; i.e. followers are taught to focus primarily upon “manifesting” lifeless abundance rather than nature-al abundance and to focus on the activities “shining,” conquest, controlling the mind and suppressing emotions.