Duality Principle of Life
I would like to share some of my realisation(s) in the last few years.
Duality principle:
2010 I would like to share some of my experience(s) in the last few years. Both materialistically and philosophically, any given unit of energy in this universe is dynamic. It keeps changing its state until it attains a threshold and reverts to its opposite towards another threshold. This principle gets universally applies to,
- Formation vs destruction
- Rich vs Poor
- Happiness vs sadness
- Positive vs negative growth
- Having attitude towards an aspect and loosing them
- etc
We have learnt this way back as "Change alone is permanent". Consciously, when I see through this lense from a simple molecular reaction to formation/death of a star/planet and every occurrence in this universe, this fact of duality still stands as fact. Often, we see/hear,
- We have been diminishing culturally;
- Kids loose their ability to think because of gadgets;
- Water scarcity will wipe out human race;
- In next 100 years we will eat only insects;
- Agriculture will vanish because of urbanization;
- Pole Ice will melt; Ocean will raise, Ozon layer will be off and similar things and so on..
Now coming to the actual point. Do we need to get alarmed (or negatively get excited) about this...?
NOT REALLY.
Everything will get to an equilibrium and reverts its state. Action and reaction prevail. Consciously, when-ever we are down, we shall always keep this in back of our mind that, down is only temporary. Everything is temporary. Every attempt to keep us happy will fail at some point, no matter how hard you try. The definition of happiness itself will change with time as said powerfully in Tamil, இதுவும் கடந்து செல்லும். Those would assume life is positively linear will eventually go through sufferings. Expectation will lead to missing; Raise of you will fall and raise again. If I were to simply the same, it is something similar to a pendum of a clock. Pushing oneself towards the so-called happiness will eventually face the other side, which is natural. The beauty lies in how do we travel around the pendulum in a balanced way, particularly learn keep oneself in an equilibrium.
I am personally an areligious person, however was always curious to know/interpret the religious facts and explore the merits in it. It was asked once to Krishna, who was prime Srishti of epic Mahabarat, “why would you create good & bad simultaneously, instead you could have created an ideal Yuga with only good ?”, for which, His reply was, “unless presence of bad, I can not demonstrate what’s good” I was looking at why would nature design things dynamically, instead of linear. The answer does not seem to be complex. To be able *to be functional, the system has to be dynamic*. Day is realised when we come through night. Sweet is enjoyed only when we knew the taste of bitter. Happiness could be felt, only when there was a suffering. It is all about how do we accept the realities. Therefore, let’s learn NOT to chase happiness / excitements / emotions, rather (try to) take things neutral or stay possibly close to the state of equilibrium.
Peace
Questions
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"நமக்கு/நம்மை சுற்றி எது நடந்தாலும் எல்லாம் நல்லதிற்கே என்று இருப்பது சரியா ?"
Obvious and a good question, often I come across the same question. Neutrally doesn't mean, we keep the mind in an "inert" state. In fact, neutral mind-set is by practice, is very strong & responsive, while an emotional mind is weak & reactive. Emotional mind set gives a temporary comfort. When duality operates it dies.
நடப்பவை அனைத்தும் நல்லதிற்கே என்றாலும், நடத்துவதும் "நாமே" (or நம்மில் ஒரு பகுதியே) எனும் புரிதல் அவசியம். நம்மை சுற்றிய நிகழ்வுகளும் / மனிதர்களும் , நம்மால் உருவாக்கப்பட்டவையே அல்லது நம்மின் ஒரு பிரதிபலிப்பே.
Often people correlate the "occurrences" to "fate" (or destiny) and forget the Karma (actionable items). The right way of seeing is, the surrounding occurrences is the cumulative manifestation of our own Karma.
முளைத்தது விதையினாலென்றாலும், விதைப்பது கடமையேயயன்றி விதியல்ல.