According to Wikipedia it is: a surface with only one side and only one boundary component. The Möbius strip has the mathematical property of being non-orientable. It can be realized as a ruled surface. It was discovered independently by the German mathematicians August Ferdinand Möbius and Johann Benedict Listing in 1858.
A model can easily be created by taking a paper strip and giving it a half-twist, and then joining the ends of the strip together to form a loop.
If I take a strip of paper, and on one side I write "Soul" and on the other side I write "Role", when I give the paper a half-twist and glue the ends together to form a loop, I have created a Mobius strip of my life. My inside life, which is marked "Soul" flows seamlessly into my external life, marked "Role". One doesn't end, neither has a beginning. They just are together. An ant traveling this strip of paper would move from my spiritual life to my external life without ever being aware....
So often we forget that it how we are made. There is no differentiation between our inner life and our external life -- and when we create a differentiation, the loop is broken and our focus splits, choices become harder, and our life becomes difficult. Instead of smoothly flowing, we have to keep flipping back and forth from inner to outer, from soul-based living to role-based living. Usually what happens, what happened to me, is that we lose touch with our inner Soul life, and just hang out in our external Role-based life. That keeps us from moving forward with personal development, and prevents the positive outcomes that come from spiritual growth.
How do we know where we are -- how do we really visualize our life as integrated, as a Mobius strip? Take a strip of paper, a rectangle, and on one side write "Soul" and on the other write "Role". Have a goal you want to achieve? Want to wake up and live a life of awareness? On the side marked "Soul", write down all the strengths you have that will allow you to achieve what you want. These are expressions of your inner self -- words like courage, perseverance, intelligence, will-power. Be honest and give yourself credit -- we all have everything within us we need to create the life we desire!
On the other side marked "Role", write down all the influences from your outer world that will confront you and try to put you back to sleep. Things like peer pressure, the need to please others, work stress, lack of time -- it can also be things like the beliefs that others have indoctrinated you with, bad habits that you adopted that no longer serve you or represent your inner truth. Be honest!
Now take the strip, and twist it into the Mobius strip, and tape the ends together. Read the strip -- and see how one side is all you need. See how the Role side has no boundaries of its own -- it has no more power than the Soul side. They work together. So what on the Role side are you willing to release -- let go of -- stop doing or believing, so that your Soul and Role will lead you to the goal you desire?
It's seeing ourselves as integrated -- that Soul and Ego need to work together harmoniously for us to live in harmony. Keep your Mobius strip as a reminder to yourself -- live who you are no matter what in life you are doing! Shifting your perspective just a little is like changing your outlook on your whole life!
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