Opposing forces always collide. Their vectors cross like samurai swords from rival clans.
Difference breeds distrust, fear, and the urge to erase the opponent—or at least suppress him. It feels like his very existence threatens prosperity, harmony, and peace.
Nothing could be further from the truth. The victor, having rid himself of his hated counterpart, soon finds himself stuck. The land bears no harvest, his subjects have no ideas, and the ruler has no heir.
If new life can emerge anywhere, it’s at the center of the cross. The birthplace of everything is the point of highest conflict.
How can that be? You’d agree that a problem and its solution are intimately linked, right? One implies the other. They are two sides of the same phenomenon—“before” and “after.”
Conflict, then, is the original problem. Paradox is its clever resolution. Someone has to make this transformation—someone who sees contradiction not as a death sentence, but as an interesting challenge.
The best illustration? The meeting of masculinity and femininity. No forces are more alien to each other. When they come into contact, they’re always one step away from a fight.
Their interaction is most destructive when either side tries to weaken, suppress, or erase the other. That’s how life’s energy is wasted. Cynicism takes hold. Meaning disappears.
But when they form an alliance, the potential for growth is limitless. The cross of suffering becomes the point of origin. Out of nothing, everything is born. The synthesis of forces creates new meaning and form.
Yours sincerely,
-Alexander
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