Inner Conflict

by Jo Wall –

Is it simply natural to contain inner conflict?

I think so. More or less.

Bearing in mind that the physical structure of the human mind, the brain, contains two lobes, two alternating thought processes, the rational and the intuitive, inner paradox is inevitable.

In Buddhist philosophy this dichotomy is called wisdom and method.  But many terms can describe these modes that interface and create a third force, in both the inner, as well as the outer, worlds.

Beyond conflict is the unique transformative power of reconciliation.

Resolution, peace, and beauty.

That, I think, is our goal as human beings: To move beyond the duality of conflict.

It is a process. It is life.

Like the rearrangement of a chrysalis into a butterfly, or a butterfly’s egg into a consuming caterpillar, all is process.

All is change.