|
The
Law of Circles by Sean D. FrancisWithin alternative religion there is a sharper realization that time, energy, space, and spirit are not linear. Death creates life. Life returns to death. That which is created will be destroyed, that which is destroyed will return as something new. Some alternative religions accept reincarnation as being part of a cycle. Some accept that the body returns to the earth and will nurture new life. The details of the belief are not as important as the concept itself. Once we break free from the concept of the line and begin looking at the world in terms of circles or cycles, random events begin to make sense. In science and nature, the concept of the circle and cycle are used daily. Financial markets rely upon cycles to make sense of fluctuations. Modern religion and society however have a deep fascination with the line. The line indicates to them progress and progress means leaving things behind. The line tells them to throw away traditions as obstacles to progress. The line values the new more than the old. On the other hand, the circle understands there isn’t anything new. Progress does occur with the circle, but it is about a constant state of rediscovery, like a circular path slowly moving upward to form a spiral. By embracing and understanding the past the old ways, by never giving up traditions but keeping them close, the circle accelerates progress. The history of childbirth(1) is an excellent example of the competition between the line and the circle. In the United States, up until the late thirties, childbirth was clearly the domain of women. Women gave birth at home without anesthetics. In the forties and fifties it became more normal to give birth in hospitals. Within the hospital setting, the birthing process was controlled by a male doctor. Painkillers and anesthesia were often used. The woman was as removed from the birthing process as she could possibly be, being put to sleep and awakening after the child was born. This was the line at work. The line dictated throwing away all that came before and embraces the new. The circle, though, is Law and cannot be denied. Europeans were going through the same thing as the Americans, with childbirth becoming a sterile event until Dr. Lamaze visited the Soviet Union and witnessed women giving birth without pain killers, using breathing techniques to control the pain. Lamaze and other doctors rediscovered natural childbirth. While hospitals were still the more favored location to give birth, birthing rooms were no longer sterile environments where the mother was put to sleep and the father banished to the waiting room. The birthing process returned to a full participatory event for the parents. Since all events are subject to the Law of Circles and we can see that in political history. One of the more obvious cycles is the cycle of Empire. Egypt opened that path to Empire when Tutmoses III defeated Canaan at Megiddo, 7,000 b.c.e. Other Empires followed: Babylon, Greece, Rome, China, Spain, England, and America. The true disciple of the Law of Circles will see Empires as part of a cycle and the Era of Empires will also eventually come to a close. If the Era of Empires began at Megiddo, it would make sense, in accordance to the Law of Circles for it to end at Megiddo. Does the Law of Circles predict Armageddon? Not necessarily. The current crisis in the Middle East could be the final blow that removes the United States from being the global superpower. The world may be returning to a time when the concept of a superpower is banished until the Imperial Cycle returns to the point of opening the paths for nations to rise again to such status. 1 - http://www.familyinternet.com/pregcom/04010609.htm
|
