Welcome to the Shrine of Balanced Positivity

 

Since the 1980s, one of my key life aims has been to live in, and promote and work for, a state of Balanced Positivity and Spiritual Maturity. 

I first came across the term Balanced Positivity in Stuart Holroyd’s magnificent book "Briefing for the Landing on Planet Earth", in which he describes - amongst other matters - contact with a group known as “The Nine” (who crop up in a few other places as well). They have some interesting views on a range of matters, one of which is that we should be aiming to be “balanced positive” – i.e., not “negative”, but not “holier than thou” extreme (fanatical?) versions of spirituality.

This is consistent with my view that one of the problems of life to avoid, is toxic positivity. 

Balanced Positivity has been a key part of my life since then. 

I have created this personal, cclosed shrine so I can focus specifically on that topic, separate from and distinct to all the other actions and parts of my life that it is a part of, including exploring and formalising how it connects with, or is part of, Deity and the Divine. 

How that will play out here, I am not entirely sure yet, except that I will post short reflective pieces here from time to time focused on this topic, and explore Deity connections. 

Hopefully, the existence and content of this Shrine may lead to others exploring the topic as well. 

Blessed Be

Gnwmythr (Kayleen), ShrineKeeper 

for enquiries, please contact   shrineofbalancedpositivity@proton.me

First posted Saturday 1^st February, 2025

Some key posts are: 

• “Resources”   https://shrineofbalancedpositivity.blogspot.com/2025/02/resources.html     
  

• “A theme: “first, do no harm””   https://shrineofbalancedpositivity.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-theme-first-do-no-harm.html      

• “A second theme: balance needs to be assessed with a broad perspective”   https://shrineofbalancedpositivity.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-second-theme-balance-needs-to-be.html      

Exercises/rituals: 

• “The “bow exercise””   https://shrineofbalancedpositivity.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-bow-exercise.html     
  

• “A (first) key realisation/learning:   the concept referred to here as “Balanced Positivity” has been known and referred to by other terms for millennia”   https://shrineofbalancedpositivity.blogspot.com/2025/04/a-first-key-realisationlearning-concept.html   

(Gnwmythr is pronounced new-MYTH-ear)  

Remember: we generally need to be more human being rather than human doing, and to mind our Mӕgan.

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What is the Positivity in “Balanced Positivity”?

Amongst the work I have done so far for this Shrine, I have noted that the concept of balanced positivity has been known through history by other names - most specifically, moderation. 

However, that is not quite correct. 

Yes, the BALANCE part of “Balanced Positivity” can be equated to the historical concept of moderation, but that does not really address the aspect of POSITIVITY - and on that, I have made a passing mention to what positivity is NOT (e.g., toxic positivity), but I have not yet explored what positivity IS. 

So that is my next area of meditation, discussion with spirit, etc: 

what exactly is the Positivity in “Balanced Positivity”? 

Blessed Be

Gnwmythr (Kayleen), ShrineKeeper 

Wednesday, 2^nd July, 2025 

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider: 

• there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”;  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
  

 

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Note that I am cutting back on aspects of my posts - see here. 

(Gnwmythr is pronounced new-MYTH-ear)  

Remember: we generally need to be more human being rather than human doing, to mind our Mӕgan, and to acknowledge that all misgendering is an act of active transphobia/transmisia that puts trans+ lives at risk & accept that all insistence on the use of “trans” as a descriptor comes with commensurate use of “cis” as a descriptor to prevent “othering” (just as binary gendered [men’s and women’s] sporting teams are either both given the gender descriptor, or neither).

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