Balance: Flow and Faith
It's hard to believe that our lives are made up of a balance between two extremes: chaos and order. This can be seen as a battle of wills, with one side winning out at any given time. But this is not the case— they exist together because they're necessary to one another. There is no good without bad, no light without dark, no up without down; there would be an imbalance in the world if it were otherwise.
Carrying on my tradition of writing articles that seem to defy logic (a bit of an oxymoron, I know), I will now attempt to explain how two seemingly contrary aspects of our being are necessary for us to live. Forgive me; this may sound a bit out there.
Chaos and order, two words that can't even be said without the other; they are so intimately tied together. The definition of each is quite different than what their combination would imply.
Chaos is the most apparent thing in this world. It's dictated by a set of rules: gravity, entropy, etc., and it is what we see as disorder. It is something we create.
Order, on the other hand, is much less noticeable. It's hard to define; it's the expected and unspoken order of the universe that exists without you noticing it. It works like a magnet: everything in existence is drawn toward the middle of a magnetic field which is, in fact, an unseen order.
Just as there exists a balance between chaos and order, so does there exist a balance between thoughts and emotions . . . emotions being an extension of our thoughts; they are just as necessary to us as our thoughts are.
It's easy to think that we are the ones creating our feelings: they take over our thoughts. Thoughts create emotions which, in turn, create actions. Actions bring consequences which can be felt in the form of pain and suffering. The world would be a very different one if there were no emotions; it would never be able to progress without them.
Emotions do not simply come out of nowhere, though; they are a reaction to what we've been thinking about before we became aware of them. Emotions are also created by other emotions as well as physical sensations and chemical reactions (through biochemical reactions). In other words, our emotions aren't random; they're all moving parts of an interdependent machine.
Empathy and sympathy The way I see it, the whole world is one big metaphorical machine that we can become upset by and upset because of.
We certainly aren't the only ones who feel pain, but when we feel hurt or sad, only then do we let our feelings show. Usually this causes a chain reaction within us–a domino effect of emotions that leads to actions being taken (hopefully for the best).
How can we be sympathetic with other people? How can empathy be something people feel? I suppose it's easy to understand how negative emotions such as anger and hatred manifest themselves; they're reactions created by our thoughts. Conversely, how could we be empathetic toward other people if we had no emotions of our own?
Empathy and sympathy are significant components of emotion. Empathy is when you take on the feelings of another person as though they were your own feelings (using your non-logical part of your brain). Sympathy, on the other hand, is when you feel bad for someone else without taking their feelings on yourself.
I hope my explanation makes sense. I've always felt that sympathy and empathy go hand in hand with one another and I've been meaning to write about this idea for months now.
It's nice to know that it's all connected—the reason this world exists at all. It's comforting to know that we have a purpose. We're not just floating through randomness and random events; rather, everything is connected. Everything is balanced and in order.
To me, this means that there are no real "villains" and "heroes"—there are just people who do the best they can in light of the circumstances of their lives . . . . which is the definition of a hero.
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