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\nWe're taught by our culture to think in polarities - something is either good, or bad; worthwhile, or a waste of time; valuable, or worthless. And because of this we often judge ourselves and our lives in polarised terms too - we're broken, or whole; empty, or full - which in turn leads us into efforting to 'get' the side of the polarity we judge as the right one. Where does this polarised thinking lead us? And might there be another way?
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\nThis week's Turning Towards Life is a dive into the depths beneath and beyond polarisation, hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.
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\nThis is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to watch live and join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Google and Spotify.
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\nHere's our source for this week:
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\nGrowing downward\n\nBe broken to be whole.\xa0
\nTwist to be straight.\xa0
\nBe empty to be full.\xa0
\nWear out to be renewed.\xa0
\nHave little and gain much.\xa0
\nHave much and get confused.\xa0
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\nSo wise souls hold to the one, and test all things against it.\xa0
\nNot showing themselves, they shine forth.\xa0
\nNot justifying themselves, they\u2019re self-evident.\xa0
\nNot praising themselves, they\u2019re accomplished.\xa0
\nNot competing, they have in all the world no competitor.\xa0
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\nWhat they used to say in the old days,\xa0
\n\u201cBe broken to be whole,\u201d was that mistaken?\xa0
\nTruly, to be whole is to return.\n
\n\n\nUrsula K Le Guin, translation from 'Tao Te Ching' by Lao Tzu
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\nPhoto by Motoki Tonn on Unsplash\n