The Pendulum

It is understood that we are experiencing in a duality, a dialectical universe. Simply put, this means that everything  in the Physical Universe has its polar opposite. Opposites are related to one another, as they represent two extremes of the same attribute. For example, hot and cold are two extremes. In-between them are an infinite range of temperatures.  Both are parts of the same attribute: temperature.

If you apply this reasoning to any of the pairs of opposites that exist in this world, you will see the pattern, and the following principle will become clear.

IV. The Principle of Polarity

"Everything is Dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; Like and Unlike are the Same; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half-truths; all paradoxes may be reconciled."

Now we move to the principle that man has not understood at all, which has resulted in our accumulating a heavy burden of karma and binding ourselves ever more tightly to this world, life after life after life.

V. The Principle of Rhythm

"Everything flows, out and in. Everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in everything; the measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left; rhythm compensates."

The measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left. Although living in a duality, Original Man did not violate the above principle. Original Man remained objectively neutral and did not endeavor to take sides or bind Himself to the things of the world. But once a portion of the Original Human-Beings "fell in love with their reflection", they set the Pendulum of Duality in motion and it has not yet stopped swinging.

This Pendulum represents the working of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. The knowledge of Good and the knowledge of Evil. Understanding is required here.

"Good" and "Evil" are opposites. Therefore they are identical in nature, but different in degree. One cannot exist without the other. In this way, not only Good and Evil but all opposites maintain one another. If something happens to swing the pendulum towards the Good, it is inevitable, it is Law, that the Pendulum must swing back towards Evil in the same measure: the measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left.

How does the working of these laws manifest in the world, to mankind's detriment? Let's take humanism, or humanitarianism. The desire of a segment of humanity to help others less fortunate with food, shelter, money, etc., although outwardly admirable, actually serves only to trigger a "swing to the left", fostering more war, more famine, more destitution, more inhumanity to man. It is the Law, it has to be so within a duality. The problem is that humanity does not recognize this Law and fights blindly against it. Humanity sees more war, so they re-double their humanitarian efforts. More war results. So the humanitarians work even harder. More wars ensue, and so on. You get the picture.

This begs the question: how do we stop the motion of this Pendulum? How do we still this deadly movement that has kept humanity chained to this sphere for vast eons of time?

Neutrality. Objectivity. Be neither for nor against anything. Remain detached. Do not lose compassion for the suffering of your fellow-man, but recognize the workings of the Law and resolve to transcend and rise above it. To be neutral does not mean to "not care". It means just what it says: remain neutral. Do not take sides in anything that goes on in this world. Simply observe with understanding.

What has just been written may be hard for some to accept or follow. This is to be expected. It goes against everything we've been "taught" about how life on this planet works. But when one's eyes are being opened after a long period of darkness, the brightness of the light can sometimes hurt the eyes.

The Pendulum, one of the roots of man's suffering, must be brought to a rest. If not within the whole of humanity, then at least within ourselves.

~ g
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