Transformation

The cycle of growth and transformation is fascinating to explore.

Back on Digesting Genpo, I spoke about the way I describe the cycle of growth:
balance, disintegration, growth, integration,  and repeat

Genpo Roshi had described the cycle thus:
Raise the Boddhi mind, practice, liberation, nirvana, cast it away

A friend of mind is having an art show next month and described the Buddhist principle of transformation thus:
formation, sustaining, destroying, emptying

The start point of the sequence varies for each but the process is the same. I particularly like the Emptying idea. Another word for this is Allowing. See how it is parallel with growth? This is best illustrated in a table.

Of course, these terms are not exactly parallel. Formation could also be aligned with Growth, but manifestation happens in Formation so its more alike integration. But it gives you a sense of it.

Just like the saying that new will flow in when you release the old, growth happens after destruction. This is the way of all things.
Davidya