One of our biggest battles in life is to really hold that center (a lifetime battle!). Like many masters say, circumstances are always neutral. It's not about solving that problem or this problem, it's about understanding how to get closer to your center. For this you have to establish a connection that originates from the ability to draw the energy from the Universe to carry on. I see this center like a river flow, that runs in our inner Self. When we discover this grounded flow within us it gets more comfortable, even easier and lighter to move around life. However, most of the time we go about life always "of balance". This results most likely in "of balance" actions, thoughts, decisions, right? The crazy thing is that we keep doing this over and over, creating patterns, repeating ourselves and the outcomes and trying to play catch up as the situations unfold and overwhelm us, which feels both exhausting and hard to do. The whole point here is to learn, really learn, how to move from the center. Being centered has nothing to do with being passive. You are wide awake, conscious, paying attention and asking for help, it's dynamic. You are right in the middle of that flow of energy and from this perspective and practice, the situations change, people change, our emotions change. We feel supported somehow. Now, how to find your center? Well, for start we already know what is to be "of center", so you can actually recognize when you are feeling centered. This is already an important step. However, the practice that will present that place for you, is meditation. It's through meditation that you will meet this river flow, this space in the middle that you can move from feeling more supported, more calm. With the capacity to hear your intuition, to look inside of you.
Mariana Orkenyi, Communal