The Balance
From Atlantic Roleplay Wiki
Title: The Balance
Author: Jode Bonewits
Described mostly as the druid's philosophy to most, I, Jode Bonewits, have found that after I have freed myself from the arrogant biased views of that from both evil and good affiliations, the true vision has been gained of the world, through my eyes alone.
I see the world as a balance, so you see, a scale in which so very many things depend upon their opposites for mere existence alone.
For us to realize what we stand for, our own morals must be challenged by that which would be opposite, such as the banes and vices of such ideas.
In this sense, we cannot realize at all what we stand for, what we can believe in, without knowing what we stand against, and by knowing what we stand against can we find commonground for a combined and shared idea.
With this in mind, you cannot have something exist without having an opposite for it, as if everything holds two sides of a coin.
Life and Death.
Light and Dark.
Fire and Water.
Earth and Wind.
Such examples refer to the virtues as well, and in knowing this if we are to firmly grasp our minds upon an idea, we must know both spectrums of such.
For instance, if I were to learn of what it would be to love, I would have to know how to refrain from its opposite, thus being able to know how to avoid hatred. With knowledge of both, and complete understanding of both sides may I only then be able to undertake the path of mastering that idea of whatever I choose.
The Balance itself is incredibly sacred beyond anything you could possibly understand, for without a balance to be kept within our world there would be no conflict, and conflict is the very thing that gives us humans life.
Conflict, also sacred, is that which gives humanity and all beings passion. It is said that it is within conflict itself that we find human nature, and justly so, for without it what would be worth standing for?
Can you think of a world without conflict? Nothing to fight against for a common goal? The very idea of absolute peace is very fearsome, but that is a fear that should NEVER be embraced, for it is an impossible reality.
Peace is merely a pause from war, and war itself brings out the both extremities of both sides of humanity, the best and the worst.
War, so you see, brings out all of humanity's aspects into the open.
..but onward with the theory...
Everything must have an opposite, everything must be challenged, and with that challenged, for when this happens one may further understand what he/she represents even more.
The world needs deviants, villains, and darkness by all means, just as it needs all that is good.