Almost all the fundamental principles of life can be expressed in two opposite ways.
There are those who say that to reach the highest wisdom we must be calm and serene, unalterable in the midst of agitation.
And those others who affirm that we must move to the rhythm of life, without stopping for a moment or in fear of what is to come, nor to take a look of regret at what has already happened.
The first are those who listen to the music letting the flow of the notes pass through their minds without trying to stop or accelerate them. Like Chuang-Tse's perfect man, they use their minds like a mirror: he doesn't cling to anything, he doesn't reject anything; It only receives, but does not retain. The seconds are those that dance to the beat of the music, keeping pace with their movements and letting their members flow with it in such a ceaseless and determined way that they are like clouds that respond to the wind's breath. Some seem to reflect events as they pass, and the others move forward with them. However, both points of view are right, since to reach the highest wisdom we must walk and remain still at the same time. We consider life as a spinning wheel placed vertically, with the person walking on his tire. As he advances, the wheel turns under his feet towards him, and if he doesn't want to go back and fall to the ground, he must ride at the same speed as the wheel turns. If it surpasses it, it will fall forward and face down on the wheel. For we live at all times as if we were on a wheel; the moment we try to hold on to that moment, to that particular point of the wheel, it is no longer at the top and we have lost our balance. So, by not trying to hold on to the moment, we keep it, since at the precise moment in which we cease to walk, we cannot keep still in balance. However, this image implies an even deeper truth. From the point of view of eternity, we can never leave or abandon the upper part of the wheel, since a circle in infinite space has no upper or lower part. Wherever you are, it is the upper part, and the wheel only turns because you drive it with your own feet.
AUTHOR: Eva Villa, editor in the big family hermandadblanca.org
SOURCE: Become what you are by Allan Watt
