The Now and Not-Yet
Which is more important...the now, or the not-yet?
The bias in the question reflects a human desire to have it one way or another. Logic tells us that A cannot be equivalent to not-A. Jesus says we cannot have two masters. We can't be in two places at once. Our country is polarized, everyone says, living in states that are red or blue.
But polarization (popular word these days), as in "either/or," is complemented by the nature of paradox, which is when truth lies in a "both/and" equation. I often think of the stringed musical instrument - piano, guitar, violin - that depends on tension for it's music. The taut string is a simple, but profound image, a pleasing one, I think, until we realize we are the string being stretched. And more often than not, we can't stand it, and we let go of one post or the other, declaring allegiance to this idea rather than that. Using the analogy of the string as guide, that means we break.
No more music.
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