Walk the Circles of your Life gently and, with purpose. Know, always, that these Circles shall close around you one day and resolve themselves whether you are complicit in that resolution, or not.
The Circles of Life rotate around and within our consciousness constantly—there is never a moment that a Circle is not in rotation or that we are not a part of a Circle. Usually, we are part of many, many Circles because this is The Divine Truth… Every being and every thing in creation is part of the great Circle of Life. We are so, because we are learning together. The very fact of living and dying is a Circle that resolves and re-starts again over and over—and, we CSC Pagans, call this Reincarnation.
If you behave kindly and with compassion in your Circles, the fact of your kindness and compassion shall, some day, come around to you as you gave it—closing the Circle and making it complete. The same is true for unkindness and cruelty—what you start, will eventually Circle back to you. I know it doesn't always seem that way but, eventually, it always works that way. After all, the person who takes and takes in one lifetime, without regard for the feelings of those he takes from, for instance, has many more lifetimes to find himself being a person from whom a lot is taken.
This, some refer to, as the Principle of Karma. Well, that’s one way of defining it, yes. Another, would be to define life itself as a Circle within a Circle within a Circle… and so on, and so on, ad infinitum. But, why are Circles important? Why should we care about Circles, what are they for, and where, if anywhere, are we in them?
Well, let’s explore…
For one thing, circles are tidy things. Even when they distort, becoming sort of ovoid or oddly shaped, the Circle still has a beginning and an end—but at the same time, no beginning or end at all. How can this be so, I hear you asking? (O.K., I don’t actually hear you asking, but I’m hoping you are asking, anyway.) And, (ask or not) I'm going to tell you…
To start something, is to start a Circle… is to join a Circle… is to perpetuate a Circle… is to end a Circle… Is to begin a Circle over again…
What??!
O.K., here’s the thing: Everything we do, say, think, feel… well, you get it, everything about the human condition is part of a Circle. It may be the beginning of a Circle, or mid point in a Circle, or even the point at which the end of a Circle meets up with the beginning of a Circle, but everything is part of a Circle.
Here’s an example:
You grow up on a street with myriads of hidden secrets. At number 56, abuse and molestation. Around the corner, more molestation and abuse. Silent children. Silent parents. Some kids see things, some kids hear things, some adults—see the same things, hear the same things. But, the conspiracy of silence is endemic and pervasive, and the culture of politeness so ingrained and set so solid to the core that nothing is said and nothing is done—and so the abuse goes on. Day after day, year after year after year… Until, one day…
All the children are grown. Some parents have died. Some siblings have died. Grandparents and Aunts and Uncles—now, gone. Everyone has scattered, as people are wont to do, to the four corners of the earth, it seems. And, the children of yesterday, who are the Grandparents of today, begin to awaken and start to seek each other out. When this happens, secrets are let loose. Whispers, perhaps, at first. But, ultimately, they roar with the cacophonous sound of shackles breaking free and phrases such as, He did this to me, and, I was abused in that house forty-five years ago, and, sometimes, I refuse to keep the secret a moment longer are shouted from the rooftops, rattling the long hidden cobwebs out of the rafters of history and making the air clear again, for decent living.
So, where did the Circle begin? Where did it end? When did one join it, or another leave it? Who is responsible for the Circle they all live in? Is anyone? Are they all? Dizzying questions…
And, there is only one answer: The Circle began at creation, we are all part of it, all responsible for our part in it, and only The One knows if or when The Circle will ever end.
So, what does this mean to you? Me? Us??
Well, not to appear flip, but it brings us, ahem… Full Circle. As I said at the beginning:
“Walk the Circles of your Life gently and, with purpose. Know, always, that these Circles shall close around you one day and resolve themselves whether you are complicit in that resolution, or not.”
Blessed Be,
Winnie
