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Hmm… I’m surprised you’ve even heard of them
well… I guess old fogies can be cool too 😮 😆 haha just kiding 😛
do you have a favorite song?I’m still afraid of the dark 😯 I still keep a nightlight in my room 😀 hahaha just kidding!
It’s funny how we often use the term light vs. dark. I’m not sure if it really has much significance to how we feel. I could be wrong, but it’s hard to imagine two infinite forces trying to spread either freedom or control across space and time. I feel it symbolizes more our desire to create conflict or a common enemy. This is something we’ve done in the past. People tend to unite when they are faced with a common enemy. So in our case what are we fighting/uniting against/for?
light vs. dark
good vs. evil
black vs. white
wrong vs. rightIt doesn’t matter what you say. The two sides merely have to contrast each other. You could say red vs. green if you wanted to… But in this case darkness is or seems like a much more appropriate term. I think it’s fair to say that people can associate with light vs. dark because it stands for more than its literal differences. It’s a metaphor and people can also associate better with metaphor because of all the parallel meanings you can come up with. So essentially, everyone can relate to it, no matter how differently we think. If you watch old western movies you’ll notice how the hero either rides a white horse or wears a white hat, and the villain just the opposite, rides a dark horse and wears a black hat. But here’s a contradiction: I’m sure you’ve seen the Matrix. This time around the “good side” is clad in black while the agents are clean cut wearing suits and ties. Different, but the motif basically remains the same.
We should all acknowledge (or at least keep in mind) that white doesn’t necessarily represent good and black=evil, that is just a fallacy. That’s just something we’ve grown accustom to, something we’ve picked up on, from what we’ve been taught, or even led to believe. You could say that this sort of thinking is tied to racism or religion or politics. Pretty much anywhere you look the pattern is there. Pay attention to the stories or movies you read or see or hear. The light versus dark theme is a good technique to draw in listeners and excite them. And when good triumphs over evil, it makes for an excellent happy ending.
But it’s silly (to me) to pick sides or say that one way is the right way and believe at the same time we are all “one”. That’s like saying you can believe any religion you want, any myth you want, but Judaism is still right right belief system… Or you can play with anyone you want on the playground, but that doesn’t mean you are one of the cool kids. 😀 And when you chose a side you neglect to understand the opposing “force”. So basically, you could be the exact same caught in a conflict with no end. It’s like opening a window but refusing to go outside.
And with that being said, I give you another metaphor in the disguise of picture. One of my all time favorite symbols 😀
I guess my question would be: Is this just part of our reality? Is this something we create to maintain some kind of balance? We like to claim that we are all one, we are all connected, but in reality we are not. In our minds we are. I don’t think that it would be normal to hold onto two different personalities inside yourself. So our bodies are separated so that our minds can comprehend the differences in our reality. There are a lot of dualities:
Our awake state vs. our sleeping state
Life vs. death
light vs. dark
And more importantly Man vs. Woman. How can something so similar be so different? I mean physically we are the same, but (obviously) different. We think and feel the same, but (because of said differences) at the same time we don’t. How could we know and feel the same if we don’t experience it for ourselves? The answer is we don’t. We assume we know or refuse to understand so there is a lack of understanding. Kind of like the white dot in the black section of the ying-yang (metaphor for everyone!!!) and vice versa. It’s like we create this divide between sides and by pushing on one end the other side moves in accordance. Therefor all we are doing is creating a whirlwind of confusion when all we need to know is there always has been balance because of this duality. It’s always been there for us to witness, but you can never change it. It only fluctuates like a frequency wave.So I say do not choose a side, or choose both sides, or stay right in the middle. Be the dividing line and bend like the frequency. If you say you are understanding, then you should know that things aren’t always right vs. wrong (don’t get me wrong, there are definite wrong things and definite right things)…
Think of those to lie on either side of the spectrum and things become hazy/controversial when they meet in the center (when they are essentially the same, the only difference is difference in opinion). So I guess you can stay in your own respective circle if you like, just be understanding like I know you want to be and come to terms with other ideas and other sides of the same argument, because when you come together the picture becomes bigger and more beautiful.
I could go on to talk about how each person is a shape and how we intersect our consciousness, instead of becoming one, forms more of a web, etc. etc. But when you say the you are from darkness or you are the follower of light it sounds to me like you are thinking in a 2-dimensional state of mind. (I hate to sound like I’m preaching to the choir or even offending anyone, but) Break away from our pointless dualities and embrace all the wavelengths of color. In reality White is the absence of color and black is every color, just two ends of the same spectrum if you ask me. Make yourself (I’m speaking metaphorically) a prism so that when “light” does shine through you, you refract all the colors… There are 8 colors in the rainbow, at the center is yellow and green. When you mix them together it’s basically the most frequent color in nature (for living things anyway). So.. I guess what I’m saying is find your center, find your balance. My little message of love.
Sorry, but I just thought of this so I’m going to keep ranting 😀 When I think of people “living in darkness” I think: Depression, fear, or hate. I also see: pursuit of knowledge/truth, blind faith, and hope. When I think of people “living in light” I think: Joy, love, bliss. I also see: blind faith, pursuit of knowledge/truth, and hope. This may just be what I feel, but to me it’s like to sides of the same coin. Anyway, that’s my take on light and darkness…
Another thing, take into consideration the patterns of circles and apply that to crop circles. It’s like a beautiful display of conscious thought. If that’s not a sign, then what is?
~echo
well… I guess old fogies can be cool too 😮 😆 haha just kiding 😛
