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In reply to the discussion: If you don't think we're already living in a police state, consider this. [View all]Hestia
(3,818 posts)The whole point is to get the pendulum to not be so drastic in it's swings.
"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 Kybalion
The great Fifth Hermetic Principle the Principle of Rhythm
embodies the truth that in everything there is manifested a measured
motion; a to-and-from movement; a flow and inflow; a swing forward and
backward; a pendulum-like movement; a tide-like ebb and flow; a high tide
and a low-tide; between the two-poles manifest on the physical,
mental or spiritual planes. The Principle of Rhythm is closely connected
with the Principle of Polarity described in the preceding chapter. Rhythm
manifests between the two poles established by the Principle of Polarity.
This does not mean, however, that the pendulum of Rhythm swings to
the extreme poles, for this rarely happens; in fact, it is difficult to
establish the extreme polar opposites in the majority of cases. But the
swing is ever "toward" first one pole and then the other.
There is always an action and reaction; an advance and a retreat; a
rising and a sinking; manifested in all of the airs and phenomena of the
Universe. Suns, worlds, men, animals, plants, minerals, forces, energy,
mind and matter, yes, even Spirit, manifests this Principle. The Principle
manifests in the creation and destruction of worlds; in the rise and fall of
nations; in the life history of all things; and finally in the mental states of
Man.
Beginning with the manifestations of Spirit of THE ALL it will be
noticed that there is ever the Outpouring and the Indrawing; the
"Outbreathing and Inbreathing of Brahm," as the Brahmans word it. The Kybalion
Universes are created; reach their extreme low point of materiality; and
then begin their upward swing. Suns spring into being, and then their
height of power being reached, the process of retrogression begins, and
after aeons they become dead masses of matter, awaiting another
impulse which starts again their inner energies into activity and a new
solar life cycle is begun. And thus it is with all the worlds; they are born,
grow and die; only to be reborn. And thus it is with all the things of
shape and form; they swing from action to reaction; from birth to death;
from activity to inactivity and then back again. Thus it is with all living
things; they are born, grow, and die and then are reborn. So it is with
all great movements, philosophies, creeds, fashions, governments,
nations, and all else birth, growth, maturity, decadence, death and
then new-birth. The swing of the pendulum is ever in evidence.
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more at http://kybalion.org/TheKybalion.pdf
The Kybalion was written in 1921 and reads as such. It takes a bit to delve into the vernacular of those times. I am so surprised when those who don't read Hermetic texts because it is not a religion but a Philosophy of the Mind.