Comments on: Bridge Between Polarity

By: Phil - Less Ordinary Living

Phil - Less Ordinary Living — Wed, 05 May 2010 18:25:03 +0000

Belinda-

Beautiful, of course and thought provoking. What is ying without yang? What is darkness without light? What is peace without chaos? Contrasts are two sides of the same coin and life can never be just black or white, but both. This confusion can overwhelm the mind unless we realize that everything is connected. Thanks for a wonderful, poetic post.

Phil

By: Amit Sodha - The Power Of Choice

Amit Sodha - The Power Of Choice — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:48:56 +0000

A very deep and important post Belinda. Did you write the poem? It’s beautiful! Contrast is the key…it’s simple and yet like a hidden secret that many people have yet to discover.

By: BK

BK — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:31:30 +0000

I was reading the work of Lao Tzu recently and I came across something similarly. “Beautiful is beautiful and thus the concept of Ugly, Kindness is kindness and thus the concept of evil. There exists difficulty and easiness because of comparison. There exists a different in length, height etc because of comparison. There is comparison of front and back and thus order is formed. Thus, concept and value in the world is but the perception and comparison of human. Perception and comparison are always changing and thus the concept and value also change.” It’s like the Yin and Yang which you mentioned. We should thus go with the flow. I am still pretty much digesting his writings.

By: Tisha

Tisha — Wed, 05 May 2010 05:34:06 +0000

Hi Belinda,

Thanks for that lovely poem! And no, I can’t imagine a world with no push or pull; indeed, it is those contradictions within myself and that I have noticed in life that have brought me the most growth and sent me on the most interesting journeys. For better and worse, I’ll take it all in exchange for the understanding and compassion I get in the end.

By: Wilma Ham

Wilma Ham — Wed, 05 May 2010 04:19:20 +0000

Hi Belinda. I grinned when I read your comment to Patty and especially this; “As for the paradoxes of life, people seem to know this and yet when our thoughts and emotions are raging, we behave as though we’ve never heard of it. I find this fascinating.”
Knowing is not necessarily knowing AND doing, another paradox, isn’t it? How can you know and NOT do? I too find that immensely fascinating.
What will take us over the bridge to knowing AND doing?
For me it is commitment to a bigger ‘for the sake of what’.
Love Wilma

By: Nancy Alexander

Nancy Alexander — Wed, 05 May 2010 03:00:08 +0000

The only path to wholeness is to embrace the totality of one’s self, the light and dark sides. Your poem captures this, in myriad and delightful examples!

Bless You,
Nancy Alexander

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 05 May 2010 02:18:59 +0000

I love how your writing illustrates that paradox is not bad. It need not be confusing nor the cause of discomfort. It is what is, and if we can learn to live comfortably with what is we can more fully appreciate everything!
Beautiful!

By: Eva @ EvaEvolving

Eva @ EvaEvolving — Tue, 04 May 2010 19:18:06 +0000

I love these opposites, this reflection on life and meaning. It’s true that we can’t fully appreciate or understand many things until we’ve also experienced the opposite. And you can’t avoid one side of the equation. You can’t have love without eventual loss. Happiness without sadness. Achievement without disappointment. Sharing these experiences is what humanity is about.

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:31:07 +0000

Belinda,

What a beautiful poem and I think what you’re saying is so true. We don’t fully understand light without knowing dark.

I have to bring attention to several lines you wrote in this post because they illustrate to me how talented you are at being a wordsmith. Here they are and I loved them:

“There’s a chain that links friends and enemies. There’s a thread that joins builders and destroyers. There’s a string that loops around winners and losers. There’s a cord that laces believers and atheists together. There’s a bridge that connects love and hate, doubt and faith, left and right, sadness and happiness, no matter how much we humans insist on their separation.”

The beauty of your words just amazes me:~)

By: Greg Blencoe

Greg Blencoe — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:57:15 +0000

Hi Belinda,

Thanks for the post.

It is indeed interesting how in life that there are always two sides to the coin. Perhaps without the contrast of the more negative things, how could we feel so good when something positive happens?

I think I try to approach life by trying to focus as much as I can on what is good. And while I don’t concentrate too much on negative things, I let them remind me to appreciate what is good even more.