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I’m increasingly suspecting that decay vs. renewal, outbreath/inbreath, shedding/welcoming, death/life etc etc aren’t actually independently-existing opposites. they’re separated by our language, and by *time*, but not by anything else!
just try only-ever-breathing-in for a sec and see what happens. what would life be like if our language *did not allow us* to so casually separate that unified decay/renewal cycle? if we referenced the totality of the cycle just as much as either side of it
Hmm sitting with this, I choose to change my wording from “cycle” to “pulse” - the pulse of life. I also rephrase the “life/death” oscillation to “birth/death,” and “growth/decay.” Life doesn’t feel like the opposite of death - life feels like the whole pulse!