I’ve been thinking a lot about the balance of opposites lately, the reliance of yang upon yin and yin upon yang, how a wheel can’t move forward without friction with the ground resisting it, that kind of thing.
I’ve especially been thinking about how maybe a government’s job, economically, is to behave exactly opposite to the financial market at any given time. If the financial market is going wild with investment and risk-taking, that’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it’s the government’s job to be saving money at that time, not running up a giant deficit for no reason. Likewise, if the financial market is frozen in fear, it’s the government’s job to spend and spend a LOT to keep the economy moving and liquid.
The same principle applies to winter, especially the Inner Critic’s idea of Inner Winter. When things get cold and bleak, the Critic thinks you’re supposed to knuckle down, grit your teeth, hammer at the ice, and struggle for survival. Of course action is important, but without balance, you’ll probably choose the wrong actions!
So what’s your personal opposite of the Inner Winter, and how you can create it? Mine is dancing, just shaking mah butt! If that sounds good to you, here’s a link to inspire, from Gabriel Alegria with his wife Laurandrea Leguía on sax…
http://www.saponegrorecords.com/mp3/nuevomundo02.html
