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A Balance between Experience and Expression

Written by Sen on February 3rd, 2012

The reason why non-physical life energy comes into physicality is for the dual purpose of experiencing

and expressing. One without the other feels empty if you are only experiencing but not expressing,

you soon start feeling hollow, and when you are only expressing, without savoring the experience, you

start feeling burnt out. We are here to experience and express uniquely; our entire make-up is designed for

both these aspects. Our sensory apparatus allows us to experience life whereas our mental/physical

capacities allow us to express into life. Its easy to get imbalanced in either of these two aspects; there are

people who live only for experience and avoid any form of creative/emotional expression and then there

are some people who are so lost in their expression that they entirely forget to experience life. Both these

imbalances have the same result an unharmonious life movement.

If your life doesnt seem to be working out too well, its because you are either avoiding your expression

or you are ignoring your experience. The reason you need to align with the natural makeup of your

mind/body is to get a sense of your natural expression. Its important to bring an honest awareness to

detect if you feel disconnected with your calling or your natural creativity, as well as your emotional

expression in this life (your sensitivity towards life as a whole). The question you need to ask is if you are

living your full potential of expression as this human form emotionally and mentally. In the same way,

you need to ask if you are savoring the experience of life on a daily basis (both mentally and physically),

if you are allowing yourself to enjoy this gift of physicality.

Becoming aware of your desires for expression and experience

You will notice that all humans have an inherent need to express as well as experience. You wont find a

single human who feels totally content with just experiencing life and not feel inclined towards

expressing/contributing something. There is an inherent desire in us to express, and this desire comes

from the intent in which we were born into this physical realm based on the intention of totality. There is

also a desire in us to experience various aspects of life, and these desires also stem from our natural

makeup. When you are connected with yourself (letting go of all the rigid/forced conditioning imposed on

your brain by the outside), you will get a sense of both of these aspects of desires in you this is what it

means to be clear-minded (you can read this post A clear minded focus).

If you just keep asking life for experiences, you become like a cancer cell thats only focused on its

needs ignoring the needs of the body. Whereas if you are only focused on contributing/expressing, then

you end up becoming like a weak cell, or malnourished cell, which loses its capacity for contribution soon

enough. A healthy cell, in the body, is the one which is taking care of its nourishment while also

contributing to the wellness of the body as a whole this is what it means to balance your expression and

experience. You dont have to struggle to find out what your natural expression is, if you just relax and let

go of your inner resistances, life will automatically move you towards it in a smooth manner your

life-stream is always pulling you towards your natural expression, so all thats needed is for you to let go

of your resistances (limiting thoughts) and you will line up with it.

There is no higher or lower expression

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Everything in life is equal, because its all the same life-energy. No-one is superior or inferior, except that

our thinking makes it so. Life does not see you as inferior or superior in any way; everything is a unique

expression of life. First its important to let go of your mindset of comparison, stop trying to copy

others, dont judge yourself from an outside perception and let go of your need for conformity (your need

to fit in), only then can you be open enough to really get a sense of what your natural expression is. You

dont have to jump into actions, neither do you have to struggle, first allow yourself to get aligned with

your inner guidance you can do this by staying as a space of open awareness, not giving in to the fears

of the mind, allowing for an inner inspiration to move you. Rest assured, life will move you when youreduce your inner resistances, it will automatically inspire you into the right actions.

When you start aligning with your natural expression, your life just starts falling into place quite

effortlessly. You come into circumstances that are conducive to allowing your expression, and you also

attract an environment that appreciates/enjoys, or finds well-being, through your expression. Dont be

judgmental about what your expression is, dont compare yourself with others, dont try to quantify it,

just know that if you simply stay true to your inner inspiration, you are living aligned with your intent of

creation, and hence will be privy to a life of well-being. All expressions have equal value in the eyes of

life, nothing is big or small because every expression serves a unique value as they say, a sword can be

as big and mighty but it still cant do the job of a needle, the sword and the needle are equally importantfor their own purpose.

Staying balanced in your experience

Over-indulgence of any form leads to sickness, if you eat way more than you expend your body goes

into an imbalance. You can enjoy your intake of nutrition, but you also need to allow for some

expenditure or else it just keeps getting stored up as fat. This truth holds good for all aspects of physical

life if you are only focused on intake, it wont be long before you end up in some form of imbalance.

This imbalance is simply a reminder for you to start aligning with your expression, and not just be

focused on experience.

There are, of course, people who go to the other extreme where their whole focus is on expression to the

point where they avoid their personal well-being. Such people are usually unconscious, with a low level

of awareness, and in one sense are running away from being with themselves. They start using their

expression as a means to distract themselves from the various conflicts present in their personal life (due

to a lot of imbalance in their inner space). From a place of awareness, you realize you are not here to be

worker bee, you are here to savor your physicality, express your potential and appreciate your current

journey.

A lot of people deny themselves the joy of living because they feel an inherent guilt towards pleasingthemselves. This guilt is basically a fear-based thought pattern in you and when you hold on to it, there is

always a negative reflection coming from your external reality. Its important to develop the attitude of

positive selfishness where you are looking after your joy and dont hold any ideas of self-sacrifice

(which are nothing but an indication of some form of negativity in you). When you consciously develop

the mindset of looking after your joy, you will naturally feel inclined to follow your true expression rather

than living a disconnected life.

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7 comments

rossanasays:

February 3, 2012 at 6:54 pm

Sen great article as always . One question, in this article you seem to touch on the subject ofnutrition. In regards to this what is the ideal diet. To have your body operating at its maximum

potential?

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Sensays:


You will notice that the more balanced you feel within yourself, the more you feel inspired to

wholesome aspects in your external reality. You automatically feel repelled from anything

that does not align with the sense your inner balance like over-eating or indulging in junkfoods. A healthy choice of food would be to eat whole foods, rather than too much of

processed or junk foods. Whole foods have a balance of macro nutrients like carbs, protein,

fat, while also having the required vitamins and minerals for proper assimilation of these

macro-nutrients. By whole foods I mean foods like fruits, veggies, whole cereals, poultry,

eggs, milk, meat etc But then, diet is a personal choice, different bodies have different

requirements and it also depends on our culture/conditioning/perceptions so its best if you

find an inner balance and see what choices feel right to you from this place. Its also

important to let go of the mindset of fear with respect to food, the fear is way more harmful

than any less-healthy food you eat. Instead of forcing yourself to eat right, just come to a

place of inner balance first and from this place you will automatically be moved to the rightchoices.

robertsays:


Sen-

On the road to awakening i have researched and read on many spiritual teachers. I have read on

some websites that the use of marijuana can sometimes help someone who is very unconscious,

step out of the mental patterns for a while and see things from a different perspective thus helping

them on the road to awakening by becoming more conscious. What do you think about this subject?

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Sensays:


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February 4, 2012 at 6:33 am

Robert, for people who are highly strung and tense, who have some high resistance patterns

in their mind, it can help to get a taste of the resistance-free state by using a drug like

marijuana. But its easy to then become dependent on the drug to give you temporary relief.

If you use the drug only to get a scientific glimpse of what it feels like to be resistance-free,

to sense the natural vibration of life in the absence of the resistance of the mind, to see how

much the resistance of the mind/ego disconnects you from the natural vibration of joy in thebeing then it has some value. But remember that a drug reduces the consciousness of the

brain, and gives you an unnatural high (because it just suppresses the nervous system of the

body artificially), this high can help you get a taste of the natural vibration but since its

induced unnaturally its not a conscious freedom and its not a state of high wisdom either

because the brain is not at its full alertness, moreover when you try to keep the body on an

unnatural high all the time it starts dissipating the body soon enough.

soulsays:


Beautiful post:) Sen,please explain positive selfishness a little more..I seem to love this concept

which is very rare in a country like India..Especially as far as women are concerned..I see so many

women who with the passage of time literally become slaves of their husbands and children without

even realizing it..in fact they take pride in being dedicated towards their families at the cost of

their own life experience..

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Sensays:


positive selfishness simply means to be consciously oriented towards our joy instead of

being unconsciously lost in catering to some fear-based or lack-based thoughts of the mind

(especially thoughts of self-sacrifice and living for outside approval). The pre-requisite for

this positive selfishness is that you are stable in your inner wholeness (in a strong presence

of awareness) so that there is a field of wisdom present in your being, or else its easy to just

become imbalanced in seeking joy, no different from a drug addict. So the important term is

conscious orientation with joy, not an unconscious or lack-based craving for joy. Aligning

with joy, in the presence of wisdom, is what allows for true harmony.

When one is not consciously oriented towards ones own joy, it not possible to get aligned

with their life-stream in its fullness, which means you wont be able to live the full potentialof your expression in this physical realm and also you wont be able to savor your physical

experience fully. To consciously oriented with ones joy is a choice that starts happening

automatically as you become more aware of your being. Also, when you are orienting with

joy in a conscious way, that means there will be the presence of wisdom which ensures

you dont end up doing something immature or irresponsible, which is just another

imbalance. Its easy to move from one extreme to another, from suppression to recklessness.

Thats why its important to first gain a deep stability in your awareness and then move from

this place into aligning with your joy.

Noch Nochsays:February 4, 2012 at 10:32 am

Hi Sen


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Very thought-provoking. I think I had too much expression in the past and forgot to simply

experience. It makes a lot of sense. Its all a balance between the two and not let one crowd out the

other. I have started coming to your blog this week under a suggestion of one of my readers. I really

enjoy the new perspective you give to the same issues and its encouraging to know you reach them

through your own thinking and reflection (from what you said in response to another comment)

Thanks for this.

Noch noch

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