GATE SEVEN: THE CENTER

“Hold both light and dark, balance as One.”

  • 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.

  • 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. 

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.
— The Center

In the Center we stand whole — and wholeness called us home.