How To Live Life By Balancing Your Wise and Foolish Selves

Life can be handled quite beautifully or quite unskillfully.
It simply depends on how balanced we are within.

Each of us is home to a wise self, and a foolish self. It is essential that these selves are as balanced as they can be. The foolish self is often looked upon negatively when in fact it can also be quite useful and positive. Similarly, the wise self has both negative and positive aspects to it which is why a balance is needed in order to live a calm and serene life- regardless of how tragic or hectic life and its events become!

The foolish self is creative, impulsive, spontaneous, innovative- it takes risks and enforces that fear need not stand in the way of our dreams. The wise self takes the energy of our foolish self and places it within a more logical, workable model so we can make our dreams a reality.

For example, if the foolish self is more predominant than the wise, we will find ourselves constantly taking risks without thinking, we will end up in bad situations which could have been avoided, we will begin to become destructive, we will live in a superficial fashion and ultimately as an expression of fear.
If the wise self is more predominant than the foolish, we will become excessively guarded and cautious, tense, overly serious, drained, unable to see the light side of life and situations, unable to fully express emotion including love and passion, we will have very little enthusiasm and energy to create and we will become pretty mediocre....once again, also an expression of fear.

An example of using the wise and foolish selves in balance:

Work's getting hard, the pressure is on. Your foolish self is telling you "Stuff this! Quit the job, never mind the consequences, you need to be happy so chuck it in."
The wise self is meanwhile telling you "Wait! You need this job. The money is all you have to survive on and without it you will struggle. Stomach it down, keep working even if it is draining you, you must think of the consequences.

When these two selves deal with this problem in a balanced way, harmonising with eachother, it might occur differently.
The balance between the foolish and wise self would immediately acknowledge the soul's needs. The soul is saying it cannot handle the pace or nature of work, it is being drained and possibly even undermined.
However the balance would also acknowledge the need to think of a useful solution that does not have dire consequences. The energy and passion of the foolish self is then harnessed by the wise self- the wise self assesses the situation in a spiritual way looking deep into the problem in order to expose the whole truth. The foolish self then applies creativity to the situation- it suggests focusing on the lighter side of life, if there is any positive aspect of the situation to focus on that wholeheartedly.
It also suggests putting in place limits for your health and wellbeing- if there is anything you're doing that you shouldn't or don't have to, do not feel guilted or pressured into doing it.
The wise self will construct a plan such as searching for a better situation while still maintaining your credibility and purpose within the current situation, and enforcing the understanding of patience and tolerance levels.

To summarize, the balance between wise and foolish is simply the ability to enjoy the beauty of life, and to USE YOUR INTELLIGENCE.

Now that's a whole other post ;)