The Law of Rhythm states that everything operates in natural, cyclical and predictable patterns. It ensures continuity. Where there is death, there will be birth. Where there is night, there will be day. Every action has an equal reaction; everything changes and repeats. It touches on the nonlinear phases of our life. The swinging of a pendulum from one side to another, striving for balance. Yes, there is a natural cycle that our human/ego consciousness must abide by. We are born and we die. How can we defy the Law of Rhythm?
Simple, we get out of rhythm. Our human eyes witness the seasons change. We don’t interfere with that cycle. We are unable to. It’s bigger than us, separate from us. We keep it separate from us, marching to a different drum. Nature embodies balance. Everyone contributes and everyone receives. There is an acceptance in nature. A sacrifice for the good of the whole, to push another species forward. A downturn for one is an upturn for another. That’s the part we resist.
Our ego wants to play another song. It wants the ups with no downs, the birth with no death and the endless summer. We want to succeed. We want people in “our group” to succeed but not everyone else. We protect our own. That is embedded in our human DNA, engrained in our body. We don’t want the downturn so someone else can have the upturn.
We only want upturn. All the good. And when there is anything else that presents in our world, we ignore it, become a victim to it or declare war against it. We label the downturns as failures. We take it personal, trying to figure out our misstep. Why did this happen? What did I do?
We don’t even enjoy the “upturns,” spending our energy worrying about when the “downturn” will occur. Subconsciously, we know it will. It has to. That’s the only thing that puts us back in rhythm, pushes us forward with tangible growth. We all say we want change. Truthfully, we want relief not change.
One of my favorite lines in the song November Rain is, “Nothing Last Forever and We Both Know Hearts Can Change.” But that’s incorrect. It’s not our heart that changes. It’s our vibration. It’s unable to not change. Our universe creates situations to raise our vibration, out of one cycle and into a new. That is how our personal “seasons” change. Our soul follows universal law, keeping us in rhythm, on beat and on path.
Our ego is stuck on the term “forever.” We want everything to last forever. How many times a day do we hear the word tossed around? The word starts to ring hollow in our ears. It’s in direct contradiction with the Law of Rhythm, the cycles of existence. There is no forever here. Forever is not growth. Forever is stagnation.