As the year winds down, I want to talk about the flow of life. It is almost a cliche to talk about looking back and looking forwards as the year ends, yet, almost everyone does.
My point here, is not to do that, but to recognize something even more basic that we sometimes forget-the idea of cycles.
Our lives operate in cycles, like everything in the universe. Lao Tzu observed that:
Reversion is the action of Tao.
Gentleness is the function of Tao.
The things of this world come from Being,
And Being (comes) from Non-being.
In other words, everything that exists declines and reverts back to where it. At the same time, new things constantly appear from the same one source.
Everything we have is created, it declines, and is discarded. It is then reborn in another form at some other time in some other place.
We are now at the "bottom" of the renewal cycle of earthly nature. (of course this applies to those in the Northern Hemisphere). Soon, spring will come and with it comes renewal.
It is the same with out lives. Sometimes we are down. This is not a bad thing (although it may seem to be at the time) because we know that when we are at the lowest, things will turn and we will rise again.
It is also important to remember that when we are at the top-watch out! because the decline will start soon.
If we revel in the satisfaction of being on top, we will suffer greatly when the inevitable downturn arrives.
On the other hand, being stricken with sadness and melancholy at the bottom is equally wrong. For we know that things will turn around soon. They have to, it is part of nature.
Peace and Love
MrT
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