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The Law of Periodicity
(AKA. Periodic Recurrence
/ Alternation)
The Process of Constant
Renewal
The
1957 Morris Isis
A
Great Car for 1957
Repeated manifestation
without progress is pointless
Blavatsky states that what she termed the Law of Periodicity is one of the basic laws governing existence.
It states that for every period of activity there is a corresponding equal
period of rest. This period of rest is followed by another span of activity.
The Law of Periodicity stresses the need
for Constant Renewal. Without this renewal forces would exhaust themselves
(Burn-out). Through this process of Constant Renewal everything is evolving
cyclically on an eternally ascending spiral. Repeated manifestation without
progress is pointless.
The operation of this law is observable in the
nature of night & day, the flow and ebb of tides, waking and sleeping etc. At a more esoteric level the
manifestation (Manvantara) and subsequent non-manifestation (Pralaya) of a
universe, a planetary system or a planet. Physical science has observed periodicity in all departments of
nature.
Our universe is one in a great cosmic chain
of universes just as today is one day in a person’s life. Nothing can be
considered in isolation from what has gone before or from what follows after.
The universe itself is an organic living
whole and everything in it expresses life. When discussing the universe
Theosophists are usually speaking the totality of the cosmic process. space in
the esoteric sense is dimensionless. The ultimate units of life are defined as
Monads.
Cycles and the Cyclic Nature of Evolution
The element of cycles is an integral part
of evolution as processes constantly repeat themselves with the progress made
often being imperceptible but definitely present. There are also great cycles
involving long periods of time and cycles within cycles. The evolutionary drive
is always upwards.
Theosophists usually apply the principle of
cycles to evolution in nature or at a cosmic level but it can be found in
civilizations and everyday human activity.
History is cyclic and some good examples of
this are illustrated in Winston Churchill’s “This Sceptred Isle” which covers
British history from Roman times to 1900 and has been serialized on BBC Radio
4. It is notable how often the same political situations and paradigms come
round again and again throughout history and although some progress must have
been made, we clearly are not moving very quickly.
Cycles can also be observed in fashion and
popular music which burn out if not renewed and which often repeat themselves.
Cycles were also discernable in the plagues of the Middle Ages which would die
down only to return with a vengeance decades later.
The Jowett Javelin
In production from 1948 to 1954
Now considered a Classic Car and in line with
the Cyclic Nature of
Evolution on an upward spiral, Chrysler have
adopted this styling.
The
2008 Chrysler PT Street Cruiser, Sunset Boulevard Edition
A
return to the styling of the Javelin but technology has
evolved
out of all recognition since 1954
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