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SPIRITUALITY | DUALITY | MEDITATION
The Pendulum of Duality
The simplest of things teach us the most complex lessons.
I watch the gentle back and forth of the pendulum sitting on the desk. Its perpetual motion is mesmerizing. Back and forth, up and down, forever beating like the waves upon the sand.
As it swings I consider my own breath. In and out, constant and steady. I feel my heart beat against my chest. She is tireless, her own perpetual motion sustaining my life, guiding my emotions, and teaching me through her innate wisdom and compassion.
My eyes follow the pendulum to its crest. For a moment it seems suspended, like time has stopped at the top of its motion as it waits to come back down. What happens at the top? For the briefest of moments, its potential seems infinite.
I consider my breath, my heartbeat. What happens between beats? What potential waits in the microseconds at the top of an inhalation? Deep within me, my soul waits patiently for my mind to settle; knows that some lessons must be taught with intricate timing.
Time begins to crawl as I align with the stillness of the universe. I consider the anatomy of the heart. In diastole, the pause between beats, the heart rests and fills with blood in order to pump it back out…
