We need tension in our lives. It�s the force of personal evolution -- it sparks creativity and higher consciousness. If we�re not comfortable with a situation, we try to improve it, right? Tension arises through our experience of opposites. These opposites fight each other as each one struggles for dominance. Tension is transformed when two opposite dimensions of reality are brought together in balance and in wholeness. Know that tension is an integral part of growth. Instead of avoiding or resi