Bengt draws Tao, the yin yang picture and says that the first pillar of life is Movement.
TAO
Within the context of traditional Chinese philosophy and religion, the Tao is the intuitive knowing of “life” that of which cannot be grasped full heartedly as just a concept but known nonetheless as the present living experience of one’s everyday being.
Inside the picture you can see Movement. Everything changes constantly, life is Movement. It is the green color, the color of life. The inner connections of life are dynamic not static. Movement is a prerequisite for life.
“To live is to be born anew in every moment”. Every second 2 kilograms of cells in a person’s body are renewed.
“You cannot go into the same river twice – both you and the river would have changed many times.”
A Chinese proverb says: “Do not be afraid of what moves forward be afraid of what stands still.” Everything moves endlessly – here and now, and we need to be aware of that fact.
When we talk about Movement we need to talk about Order and Chaos as well.
Order & Chaos
If we imagine a scale between Order and Chaos, with Order on the left end and Chaos on right one – where is each person on that scale? We want to constantly control our lives, we strive for order, security, and safety. This strife can be culturally bound as well – cultures in countries like Sweden, Japan, Germany and Denmark are more on the Order side of the scale. Nomadic nations live their lives in between Order and Chaos and that is ok. “Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality, which should be lived and experienced” Soren Kierkegaard.
At the far left end of the scale, at the complete Order, things are Static and do not change. But this is unrealistic – life does not work this way. We just said that everything moves and that things change all the time. “It is at the edge of chaos that creativity happens.” The natural status, the optimum one is between Order and Chaos. It is where creativity and self-organisation happen. Balance contains order, traditions, rituals, plus everything else that are the opposite of that.
How does Movement come to play with “the self”, when taking personal decisions?
“There is only one path. If you are afraid, there are a thousand paths”. The right path is only one, once you have decided on it and stopped being afraid, you can see it clearly. If you are afraid there are a thousand paths, but they are not the right one and you will just get more and more confused. If you strive for order, if you are afraid of what people will say, of being poor, of breaking the status quo, you will not get to where you are going.
The Passions of EkaLars 