When the harmony of oneness is not disturbed,
All things rise and fall in their natural rhythms,
Nourishing and fulfilling themselves in graceful order.
(Lao Tzu)
When
the harmony...
Seeing that apparent opposites are part of the same whole frees the mind
from the notion of separateness, of duality.
Seeming differences are illusory.
There cannot be a back without a front. Everything has its inverse, its
reverse, its other.
The very existence of one necessitates the other.
This is balance. This is yin and yang.
Polarities only exist within the framework of the whole, within a condition
of dynamic balancing.
Rather than extremes and sides, everything is process, movement.
There are no sides to choose from.
All things
The movement of life presents changing circumstances, values and
situations.
We can easily see events in terms of loss and gain, success and failure,
right and wrong, happiness and depression.
Yet, these things are like the seasons. They come and they go as part of
life. No condition lasts forever.
Everything changes.
It is simply the way of things.
Living is a cycle.
Nourishing
When you can see existence in terms of mutual arising, you no longer become
entangled in pettiness.
You have a broader perspective, a more expensive outlook.
A small matter is considered in terms of a larger whole.
Instead of choosing this or that, here or there, mine or yours, you see all
things as part of the entirety.
You are not separate from anything else, we all exist in relationship.
Allowing events to unfold and harmonising your actions relative to the
unfolding happening, enables you to flow through life more smoothly.
This is the principle of wu wei - in which there is no forcing, no
controlling, no stubbornness and blocking.
You yield, soften, receive and embrace. You are open and inviting rather
than closed and resistant.
Grace and fulfilment arise from according yourself with the way of things.
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