March 13, 2024 - Reading time: 2 minutes
I had attempted to refresh my perception of concept riding the pendulum. I understand there is a significant accomplishment in being able to move it at will to where you want to be. I have attempted to describe this process to others in the exact metaphor being used as a swinging pendulum swaying back and forth. Although, for one reason or another, that visual description seemed to only work to confuse. Perhaps a pendulum is too old an artifact for the present. The present ideals move from up to down versus left to right as far as preference.
Preference over gauge.
The descriptions and discussion of things all seem to lean toward what is "positive and negative", and in that sense, has flipped the idea of the pendulum into an up and down fashion versus a horizontal one that parallels very narrowly, the desires of that which provides sense of primitive security. Positive and Negative reinforcement.
Because as far as heaven and hell goes, that also apparently moves up and down and vertically without a doubt. Without speculation, and without critical analysis. Additionally, so does every other typical neural stimulating positive reinforcement.
The dysfunction is the "unrealization" that the pendulum can definitely be moved after much practice, it can be stopped in time, it can be pushed at will where it needs to be or that it was even possible in the first place.
But what is desirous of a controlled pendulum to those at the whims of brain chemistry? The factor does not even come to play. The pendulum does not exist, because it denotes there is a choice that is directly viewable and understandable. And what of those that are in the process of grabbing hold of it and moving it at will but not yet perfected it? Perhaps it is too bizarre a concept that there is the possibility of a third choice in polarity. Because on top of all things, third choices are considered to be non-existent. Fourth? Impossible. Four plus? Inconceivable.