Most of us have had it easy, here in America. Speaking for myself, we boomers have/had it too easy. Uncomfortably hoist now, on our own petards, we’re faced with ourselves and this trumpery we brought about — consequences of our comfort and indolence, freedoms and ease.
Jung talked about the ‘tension of the opposites’ — of bearing the burden of being pulled betwixt and between, of this way and that, of spirt and matter, hubris and humility, anger and anxiety, love and fear of its lack, or loss-- just think about how many make life what it is. And here we are in America -- impaled upon a cross, pulled between left and right, Republican and Democrat...and within each of those ...differences, that brought about mind boggling brilliane and creativity -- I mean --- how did those 7 new planets which are millions of light years away, come to be spotted from here! How are there millions of people flying around in the air above us right now? How are we still having to protect our turf like primates as if we didn't now know better -- as if we didn't know we're all in this together and that cooperate would be a better thing to guide us, than corporate....and thankfully, this is just me talking to myself!
But what about all THE OPPOSITES WITHIN WHICH WE EXIST….ours to resolve ...and to consider ..we can’t have one, without the other, there would not be one, without the other...
spirit/matter father/mother body/soul life/death day/night inner/outer male/female implicit/explicit introvert/extrovert anima/animus conscious/unconscious either/or up/down on/off in/out I/thou right/wrong left/right — (hands/hemispheres/politics) dark/light true/false truth/lies future/past open/closed heart/soul young/old X/Y chromosomes sleep/awake black/white attract/repel expand/contract this way/and that loud/silent stop/start self/other
knowing/unknowing love/hate courage/fear high/low fast/slow easy/hard less/more short/long north/south east/west good/bad fixed/flexible plus/minus offense/defense tight/loose social/anti-social rich/poor push/pull
together/apart heavy/light thick/thin short term/long term add/subtract objective/subjective hope/despair problem/solution
parent/child big/small shallow/deep measurable/immeasurable safe/dangerous absent/present sun/moon blunt/pointed
overt/covert obvious/obscure happy/sad win/loose first/last few/many give/take beautiful/ugly bright/dull empty/full
hungry/satiated asleep/awake him/her deny/accept offer/receive local/global circle/square multiply/divide add/subtract
sooner/later back/front straight/curve affirm/deny listen/speak war/peace long term/short term summer/winter
spring/fall selfish/unselfish clean/dirty loose/tight cooked/raw abstract/concrete theory/practice mountain//valley
sea/shore wild/tame similar/different weak/strong yours/mine town/country apples/oranges dogs/cats
rural/urban guns/no guns drunk/sober crisis/opportunity truth/lies competitive/cooperative wet/dry friend/enemy sweet/sour
.....is there no beginning....is there no end?
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