An equal and opposite reaction

“To every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction”. There is a duality in all things, which if you look at a yin-yang you can kind of picture. For every dark there is a light, wrong there is a right, Beauty and the Beast. Duality, when I think about it, I can see in most things. This simple duality reminds me of Li. There is a natural order to things, and the duality of things could be seen as another piece of this order. In relating duality to myself and thinking about where I have found these patterns of two separate and opposite halves balancing each other, I began to think of lichens. A simple pairing of two separate organisms, a fungus and an alga, that strangely harmonize and dwell together. These separate entities combine to make the whole that is the greenish brown growth we see on trees when we’re in the woods. The reading discussed the two sides to a coin; I bring up the mutualistic relationship of lichens, to each their own I suppose. I guess what I’m really trying to get at is that I find this idea and examination of duality to be a very important thing. I don’t feel that many people take the time to examine both sides of things. These principles stress to me a need for this connection of the whole, to continue on the path of enlightenment towards Nirvana. Because by reaching an acceptance of the whole is to be a step closer to a larger connection, and brings yourself into a harmony of sorts with the universe.