“Ordered Chaos”… at first this seems like an oxymoron, it also seems to be the paradigm that underpins life on this planet, especially as seen in the natural world. The thing is, life on this planet is paradoxical. On one hand, things seem totally random and chaotic and can hardly be tracked or projected: such as the weather, earthquakes, tidal waves, landslides, tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanic explosions. We attempt in vein to predict them, but they elude us.
Yet, even the weather does have broad seasonal patterns. And on a more profound level, there does seem to be an ordered, cyclical nature to the universe…as embodied things like the rising and setting of the sun, the birth of new galaxies and the death of old stars, the cycles of the moon, the tides, the four seasons, the phased growth and development of various sentient beings, including their migratory patterns and the fractal patterns we see throughout nature’s flora and fauna. Our eternal quest for balance lies in, how much are we able to go with the flow of life, versus how much we attempt to assert our own influence; either by controlling the natural world around us or our needs for schedules and planning. And you know what they say, “People plan, Goddess laughs!”
Yet, even the weather does have broad seasonal patterns. And on a more profound level, there does seem to be an ordered, cyclical nature to the universe…as embodied things like the rising and setting of the sun, the birth of new galaxies and the death of old stars, the cycles of the moon, the tides, the four seasons, the phased growth and development of various sentient beings, including their migratory patterns and the fractal patterns we see throughout nature’s flora and fauna. Our eternal quest for balance lies in, how much are we able to go with the flow of life, versus how much we attempt to assert our own influence; either by controlling the natural world around us or our needs for schedules and planning. And you know what they say, “People plan, Goddess laughs!”
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