THE LAW OF BALANCE*

There is a Law which is decisive for the continuance of the entire Creation: The Law of the Necessary Balance between Giving and Taking.

Every happening in Creation is subject to this Law, whether it be the interaction between the forces of the cosmic bodies or the sense of balance of the physical body. We follow it daily, though mostly unconsciously, when breathing in and breathing out. Or we endeavour to ‘get things to balance’. On the other hand we come to grief when something ‘upsets our balance’ in things big as well as small, for non-observance of this Law causes obstruction and disturbance, and if it is persistently disregarded, even