In a First-Second Degree of Illumination bubble, values rule! Values and comparisons seem to work well together. I don’t think I would have the ability to choose without them.
Comparing values may be an ambiguous, non-standardized way for measuring what deserves my attention. To make a measurement, one needs a scale upon which to make a comparison. Scales involve polarity.
One type of scale requires polarities that define the outer limits or extent of the most extreme expected measurement. Another requires a balance point between two polarities. Each type of scale requires common content and context in which to make a measurement. Hence, the old saying, “You can’t compare apples to oranges…”
I seek what validates my preset values. The amount of attention I invest in a thing is the measurement of its value on that preset scale. In this way I can compare worthiness in terms of threats and benefits to my survival on a scale I understand.
Chronic value measuring keeps my mind occupied in creating and maintaining a standard, a quick reference guide to survival. At the top of my standards list is the greatest threat or benefit to my survival.
My need to be right creates polarity and a lifetime of measuring values
I believe I know how I should understand my reality. I have learned to trust my ability to measure values and accept them as accurate and true.
Polarity demands certitude
When I get close to certainty of my value judgments, I’m getting dangerously close to valuing myself at one end or pole of that scale. The closer my attention is to the poles of my value scale, the less likely I am to be fluid with my measurements, and the more likely I am to become certain and immovable. Certitude tends to lock down my scale – including its polarities.
To investigate this phenomenon, I like to get quiet and ask my inner wisdom:
- What do I value?
- How do I measure it?
- Why do I measure it?
- Who am I as I move towards polarity?
By asking these questions within, my deeper mind can search for its truths and help my conscious mind…
- know and understand the real me.
- reveal misunderstandings I’ve created that have supported a false me.
- stop measuring myself, knowing I need no setting of values.
