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The Movement of Wholeness
Tas the all-inclusive cycle of being
Living a rhythmic, unhurried, and steady existence illumined by a realization of meaning
and value thus depends on the scope and inclusiveness of the frame of reference accepted
by an individual — and even more basically in most cases by the culture to which he or
she belongs. For this frame of reference is a determining factor in the relation between a
clearly defined, repetitive section of the continuum of change and the number (and level)
of the activities he or she has or wants to perform during that period.
For members of the human species living in tune with the rhythms of their natural
habitat, the primordial and most fundamental repetitive, section of the continuum is the
period defined by the daily rotation of the earth. This section divides itself into two more
or less symmetrical periods, the day and the night. At the strictly biological level, each
period is related to a specific mode of existence and type of activity and consciousness.
There is a predominantly objective type based on the multifarious experiencing and
working out of relationships (to a variety of objects and living beings as well as persons).
Then follows (and precedes) a predominantly subjective type manifesting especially as
sleep or, more generally, as rest and recovery from the stress and strain of physical (and/or
mental) activity during the day-period.
When agriculture and animal husbandry became dominant concerns for stable
communities, the cycle of the year, symbolized as well as measured by the calendar, came
to control a larger schedule of activities. This cycle (established by the revolution of the
earth around the sun) was subdivided naturally by the cyclic changes in the appearance of
the moon — changes which were believed to affect deeply the processes of life (and even,
later on, of personality unfoldment). Out of the combination of larger and smaller cycles,
and of other periodic changes in the nocturnal skies, astrology was born. It served as an
interpretation of the meaning of changes which could be referred to yearly biological
cycles, and later to longer cycles in which the recurrent conjunctions and oppositions of
planets, especially Jupiter and Saturn, acted as markers of time. The one great value of
astrology is that it provides an interpretation of cycles of time which does not, of itself,
imply that one half of the cycle is positive and the other negative. The repetitive cyclic
pattern is produced by the interplay of two forces that are assumed to be equally
significant; what changes cyclically is their relationship.
The relationship between two forces interacting within a whole of time generates
constantly changing situations. The change is structured by the cyclic workings of the
relationship. How the change manifests in terms of actual, experienced events is not
revealed by the structure of change. An immense variety of events is possible, but their
sequence and serial character are relatively permanent factors. They are relative because
large and small cycles and sub-cycles always are interrelated, and because the interference
of forces or entities operating in tune with higher magnitude (more inclusive) cycles in the
occurrences of less inclusive ones is a possibility that should not be ignored (as we shall
see in Chapter 12).
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