GATE SEVEN: THE CENTER
“Hold both light and dark, balance as One.”
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385. Balance lives in motion — not in pause.
386. To stay upright — we must keep adjusting.
387. What feels tight — shows where to shift.
388. Balance isn’t in the brain — it’s in the breath.
389. Move with presence — and motion becomes meditation.
390. Be like water — it always finds a way.
391. Every step is a choice — to fall or to dance.
392. We don’t hold balance — we become it.
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393. Extremes blind — balance reveals.
394. Only what’s centered — can see the whole.
395. The middle path doesn’t shrink — it leads and lasts.
396. Don’t cling to either side — flow between them.
397. Openness spreads the light — boundaries guard the roots.
398. To stop at enough — is powerful enough.
399. Balance isn’t neutral — it’s alive.
400. To stay centered — is to stay awake.
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401. There is no light — without the dark.
402. Truth isn’t one side — it’s both.
403. We are not either — but one.
404. Masculine and feminine — live as one within us.
405. Embrace our shadows — with light in our eyes.
406. Tension becomes power — when we stay present.
407. When we stop choosing sides — wholeness begins.
408. Yin receives, yang reveals — hold both and rise.
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409. The world we see — echoes the world within.
410. Our feelings lead — and life follows.
411. Don’t fix the mirror — balance the source.
412. Calmness within — clears what’s without.
413. Believe with balance — and live in peace.
414. Give with heart — receive with breath.
415. The world finds peace — in the one who becomes it.
416. Reality changes — when we do.
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417. The storm tests you — but the center saves you.
418. Breathe steady — while the world spins.
419. Stillness isn’t silence — it’s strength in motion.
420. We can be shaken — without breaking.
421. Don’t fight the storm — become its center.
422. Hold steady — without holding tight.
423. Pressure reveals — what balance conceals.
424. Stand steady — the storm will pass.
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425. Between inhale and exhale — life happens.
426. Real balance flows — it never freezes.
427. Dance in the space — between opposites.
428. Balance honors both sides — as one whole.
429. The strongest wave — knows when to pull back.
430. To lead with power — follow with humbleness.
431. To walk with others — first stand with ourselves.
432. Flow with rhythm — and balance follows.
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433. Balance isn’t a place — it’s a path.
434. Pause, listen, move — from the center.
435. The center isn’t still — it responds with care.
436. Wait for rhythm — then act with clarity.
437. Move from alignment — not urgency.
438. Speak what’s needed — not what’s loud.
439. Let discipline and rest — refine each other.
440. Let others shine — without dimming ourselves.
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441. We don’t need to be more — just be present.
442. We are not broken — just off-centered.
443. The balanced don’t force — they move with truth.
444. Peace isn’t a pause — it’s the pulse beneath action.
445. Stay in motion — and carry stillness.
446. Don’t prove balance — let it be the proof.
447. The truly balanced — don’t need to be right.
448. We lose balance — so we can balance better.
“Be balanced, and nothing is missing.”
In the Center we stand whole — and wholeness called us home.