I give up the belief that retaliation creates balance so that I can create a more empowering belief about balance.
While intellectually you are likely able to accept that retaliation does not create balance, you may experience that some of your actions indicate that you believe this is so. The popular belief in karma, for example, includes the concept of retaliation. Revenge, "what goes around, comes around", "I’ll get you for that," and "Gotcha!" are common examples of retaliation — a distortion of true balance. Equanimity elicits feelings of calmness and evenness. Deeper than these feelings is the knowingness that you are connected with all others. Or as a friend of mine likes to say, "we is all one."
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