Trying to get through the day...

As I gaze aimlessly into the blank canvas of white plastered on my computer display, I fade in and out of consciousnesses. I futilely try to recollect the days that past, the lessons learned, and the life lived, but all is to no avail. Slowly, I lull myself to a surreal place, with little on my mind, with little left to say. For a second, existence was buoyant, but alas, it was a brief, fleeting moment falling out of my grasps. Now here I sit, pondering what next to say.

Ok, cool. Now I got that out of the way I thought I would talk a bit about the existential dichotomy that exists in the realm of reality. Good and evil, black and white, 1 and 0 (for you binary nerds), all are part of a whole. It is unfathomable to think of one without the other, since opposition gives rise to contrast. Imagine jubilance without adversity. Depict happiness without sadness. In all truthiness (perhaps this isn't the strongest of words but I am utterly bored so give me a break), the magnitude of our consequences in a single dimension would pale in comparison to one filled with multiple levels of emotion. We can simulate an expression such as happiness, but would it truly convey the reason behind it?

*Taking a break cause its lunch time.
**Ok I am back.

Not surpringly, dualism exists on an infinite scale. In the physical, microscopic realm, bacteria within our body attain a natural level of co-existence in order to to attain equilibrium. At the first sign of trouble, the body mobilizes itself to manage the ailment. Some bacteria will die while many will live and reproduce through binary fission (mitosis for gamete cells and meiosis for any other cell in the human body). If the body succumbs to the foreign invader, the entire being dies and becomes non-existent.

***Damn windows pulled a BSOD on me....luckily I didn't lose anything.

Similarly, the concept of balance can be applied to a much more complex system such as culture. Culture itself is loosely defined as a set of ideologies, beliefs, and etc. that are shared between two or more individuals within a limited geographical area. Luckily (or unluckily) for us, geographical limitations no longer play such an important impact. The birth of stable nations have given rise to common grounds were multifaceted cultures are able to convene. Consequently, the assimilation of different cultures to follow a single, unified whole are often met with resistance. This has given rise to a power struggle that often pits two contrasting views. The incumbents want to overthrow the officials, but they want radical change. Likewise, the officials resist change because of the fear of instability.

Before anyone comes to judge this in terms of morality, keep in mind that there are always two sides to a story. We are as much a part of the opposition as they are of us. Instead of embracing the similarities amongst one another, we instinctively choose to view the antagonistic qualities. We say we want equality, but in reality we do not. Equality is boring and mundane. It is the balance between havoc and stability that make life what it is. Such is the natural dictation of nature.