Domination or Submission
Can't we have both?
Have you ever taken the time to consider why our species thinks it must dominate everything? What drives that idea?
Consulting my battered old copies of the I Ching my attention is drawn to hexagrams one and two which convey pure Yang and pure Yin respectively. The essence of domination and the essence of submission are expressed poetically in terms of dragon energy and soft compliant earth. Each has its equal and opposite in the other.
When there is a balanced harmony between the two forces a new energy is born, Chi or life energy.
Therefore healthy life depends upon achieving a balanced harmony between domination and submission.
Somehow I don’t see humanity doing that right now.
I see extreme domination stepping up a level every day.
I see constant threat and fearmongering.
It is disappointing.
Submission to such pressure is incomplete or coerced so harmony cannot exist, let alone support life. The result is disastrous inevitably.
It follows, therefore, that to restore life sustaining balance the dominating force must be denied submission rather than actively opposed.
Submission is tacit approval.
Do not approve of any extreme. Neither domination nor submission.
Seek the life sustaining balance point between the two.
Schiller Institute Conference points: broke(n) western monetary system; new billionaires, while billions are hungry for dinner; East/West alliance vs continuing conflict (China, Russia now good…?)
There are various popular wrestling/fighting shows much of which is scripted, some downright nasty. I never got hooked. I do exercise my 2nd Amendment rights. I am too old to like getting beat up. Every time we moved and I started a new school I quickly learned that I was going to have to fight
the bully. Some wins, some losses, but the air got cleared.
My take on the I Ching is that there is a time to be dominant and a time to submit, depending on the situation. Those two themes run through many of the 64 hexagrams. I think the I Ching helps you determine which position is correct, or important in the situation you are currently in.