The Coda Aria: A Return to the Esoteric Fundamentals of Previous Civilizations

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     We are in a societal crisis today, so with the second principle of the Kybalion, “as above, so below,” there exists a crisis on a micro level—that of identity within an individual. We have become so distracted and bombarded with external forces trying to influence us, we don’t even know who we are anymore.
     Does anyone truly have the time anymore to ponder what their or our purpose is here? We are here to flourish and prosper, living a life that meets all of our needs, right? Perhaps, but it wouldn’t be the whole story for human beings.
     It could be that our purpose is to just simply be alive, but that would place us within the same natural hierarchy as plants and animals. Although these are conscious beings, we are much more than that. We cannot only do things but can understand, or are conscious of what we are doing.
      Every part of the human body has a purpose or function that benefits the whole. Since our hands, feet, eyes, etc., all have their tasks or purpose, we can safely say that, in the same way, each human has his task beyond all of those.     We are each born with specific skills and talents that we must uncover, understand, and master. They are then used to create new things or ways of doing things that are beneficial to one’s self. And if they are of good morals, they become beneficial to the whole when we share them with the world.
     “It’s the activity of the soul,” as Aristotle claimed, “that expresses our virtues.”
     Life consists of recurring sections or life lessons that are repeated until we see the situation from a different perspective, thus allowing an understanding of the lesson gained for us to grow and move on. Today, we have entered into the contradicting second section of the Da Capo Aria, where things are different, distorted, or completely inverted. With the need for a return to our foundations of a cyclical perspective of time, the Aria will result in bringing us back to the beginning, along with the knowledge and wisdom of experience learned, which makes it easier for us and better able to express ourselves in more creative and innovative ways—our true purpose in life.
     Just as one finger doesn’t work the same as the whole hand, everyone must make this change, and continue to create throughout our lives. One sunny day doesn’t make a summer; therefore, it isn’t enough to make one flourish and prosper, unless we all participate as the natural human collective.
     In our world of duality, everything exists and evolves in a continuing pattern or cycle, forever flowing like the building of a wave's crest before it falls and crashes back into its blue collective.     The nature of duality exists within everything and everyone, with one never being able to exist without the other—good and bad, right and wrong, light and dark, etc.. The ultimate goal is to find the perfect balance within ourselves, forming harmony with nature. This is the perspective of time we have forgotten and must return to, to break us out of our linear mindset of time. It is within this flawed way of thinking that psychologists and scientists keep us held within, especially when it comes to our own individual growth.
     Like how each day is followed by night, the pendulum swings towards one side then falls toward its opposite. Another concept that correlates with that of polarity is the principle of rhythm, where everything has its tides, flowing in and out, rising and falling.    Rhythm manifests between two poles, but doesn’t necessarily mean that the pendulum swings to the extreme of each pole, which is a rare occurrence. Like the Buddhist law of karma and Newton’s third law of motion, there is a reaction for every action, a cause and an effect, an advance and a retreat.