Tuesday, June 11, 2024
An idea is born, but it is born with an underlying death attached to it. Opposing forces work together to spark life. Nature creates only because it destroys, and then starts over.
Within the collective psyche, most humans don’t understand this shifty duality. We think that we can eradicate the enemy. We think we can destroy destruction. If you destroy destruction, what’s left? Construction can’t exist without destruction and vice versa. Impossibility and possibility are united. People who are destroying anything don’t realize they’re trying to create a one-sided world. Think of that – one side. You can’t have a “side” without there being an opposing one. We’re blind to this and don’t even know it.
Doubt gives rise to faith. Faith gives rise to doubt. Enemies give way to friends, and friends give way to enemies. No, you cannot eradicate the opposition for it is in the opposition that we know position in the first place. It’s in what you are not that you recognize what you are. So walk the plank of duality. Go to the extremities, and see what’s over the so-called edge. Destroy the enemy, and you destroy the friends too.
What about staying in the middle and being very supple, like a surf-boarder? She traverses the pendulum of duality so beautifully and is able to use it to her advantage. She stands in the both-ness of it all, leaning into the “good side.” She can mute the opposition, but she can’t eradicate it. She needs it to keep her balance.
When you wake up, you center yourself. Know what’s possible, and know that impossibility is what gives it life. Mute the enemy. Turn down the opposing force, but recognize its place. You’re the center. Keep your balance and lean into the goodness as much as you can. From there, you can always enjoy the ride.
Very profound but nevertheless understandable writing. Thanks for sharing your thoughts about Life.
Greetings from Noelle ( the Netherlands)
Thank you for reading!