Yin and Yang
I think the Eastern philosophers were onto something with the idea of the universe being filled with diametrical opposites...I so often feel like I'm being pulled in two directions at once, straining under tension...I'm not talking about a good/evil or God/world type of distinction...I'm talking about gray shades...like idealism/practicality, open mindedness vs. confidence in personal belief, what seems doggedly loyal and what seems reasonable, wanting to be tough and wanting to be delicate, wanting to be cared for and wanting to be independent, the beauty of the abstract forms and the beauty of messy human love....even politics, democrats and republicans! Things that are moral, but neither side is fully good or bad, but there is merit on both sides...like morality is in the balance...like there is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven. Maybe that's why Ecclesiastes 3 is one of my favorite chapters in the whole bible. Maybe that's why I have such a hard time committing to one side or the other...why I'm a politically moderate American!
posted by Mel from New York at 4:18 AM
2 Comments:
well depends really. if you're politically moderate then it could mean you're uninformed between the differences between left and right, because they clearly cannot co-exist. for example, Democrats would be more in favour of a regulated market, whereas Republicans favour liberal economics. it's like saying, i'm a grey-area Christian, i believe in God and how all His rules are good but i also think sex before marriage is ok
nice post. I often wonder why we even need to draw conclusions and label things. If some one sits in the i dont know camp they are names lazy or weak. I have spent so many hours slaving on issues of faith. I still have no clue. Why is that bad? Why must we be this, that or a flip flopper?
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