Simple Complexity / Complex Simplicity
How can two contradicting elements be united?
The Pendulum of Paradox swings back and forth between two contrasting elements.
When the pendulum swings too far toward either element, the excessive extreme can become obstructive and disruptive to life. However, the experiences of extremes are ultimately what teach us about Contrast & Balance.
For example:
If we have excessive Organization, then we are too strict with our adherence to boundaries - which is constraining and limiting. Excessive organization is deficient in flexibility. On the other hand, if we have excessive Flexibility, then we are too lenient with our adherence to boundaries - which can result in the experience of chaos. Excessive flexibility is deficient in organization. In other words, when we are too flexible, we lack organization; when we are too organized, we lack flexibility.When the Pendulum of Paradox swings towards the extreme of either element, there occurs some type of obstruction. However, by experiencing extremes we learn how to understand Contrast.
When we understand Contrast, we discover the key to Balance:
Balance is allowing the pendulum to consistently undulate back and forth between both elements so that neither is neglected.
Balance is the absence of excessiveness and deficiency - as the pendulum gently sways back and forth - in and out of each element. Balance is achieved by learning how to embody all contrasting elements simultaneously, so that they work together as one.
Applied to the example above, the balance is found when we are neither too organized nor too flexible;
Its found when we are organized in a flexible way & flexible in an organized way.
Its found when we are organized in a flexible way & flexible in an organized way.
Organized Flexibility / Flexible Organization
Yin & Yang
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