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2007-11-06 14:17:00 · 26 answers · asked by Lost. at. Sea. 7 in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

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That would, to me, be linear thinking. Life isn't starts & stops--things flow into each other in a continuous cycle.

2007-11-06 20:19:35 · answer #1 · answered by Valac Gypsy 6 · 3 0

yes, because all things are cyclic and all polarities invoke one another by their very existence. If you have seen a beginning then you have seen an ending. In this world it is a law of life, that one beginning gives birth to an ending, just like a positive experience will eventually bring forth a negative one, and vice versa. This is a movement of cosmic laws which maintain balance. Eventhough day and night is by reason of the rotation of the earth around the sun, but we know that after we see day night is to follow. However since these things are cyclic, there is a higher reality where these things are one and are resolved in one. So the beginning is the end and the end is the beginning, being the resolution of one another in state that transcends the limitations which solution is reflected in them both.

A voice from the past,

18. The disciples said to Jesus, "Tell us, how will our end come?"

Jesus said, "Have you found the beginning, then, that you are looking for the end? You see, the end will be where the beginning is.

Congratulations to the one who stands at the beginning: that one will know the end and will not taste death." (Saying 18 - Thomas Gospel)

2007-11-07 04:12:08 · answer #2 · answered by Automaton 5 · 1 0

Yes end is always begining of something new.Even though the begining is not visible to the senses at the time of end it is hidden .Vice versa is also true that if there is a begining the end exsists then and there .Just like a tree is hidden in the seed.And when the tree grows up it knows to produce seeds of the future every seed has the potential to grow as a tree .The end is the begining of the end.

2007-11-07 02:08:24 · answer #3 · answered by shivamat bhairav 4 · 3 0

Until we die, if we have any gumption, yes. That's what makes people cling to the familiar and miss so much of life. Everything new isn't necessarily a benefit, but at least it's a different world to explore. And that means a chance to explore ourselves, and learn, and change - perhaps to grow - which sets us up for the next end and beginning. What an adventure, even in small steps.

2007-11-08 00:39:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

The end marks a new beginning. All that ends up will start anew with a beginning. It is a vicious cycle. It is the alpha and the omega. It is like a story that has an ending. Then a new beginning of the story will then start to continue what has ended.

Thanks for asking. Have a great day!

2007-11-06 23:41:24 · answer #5 · answered by Third P 6 · 2 1

We like to think so. We look at how matter can only be changed and never destroyed. We see the cycles of nature and take hope.

Some things are lost. One day Rembrandt’s portrait of A Young Jew will be dust. There is something lost when a thing of beauty like that painting becomes its basic components. It is hard to face the very great likelihood the once our brain dies, our conscious mind will be lost forever.

Is the painting more or less beautiful because of its tenuous nature, is the rose, or are we? Best to enjoy the time before we become dust.

2007-11-07 10:03:48 · answer #6 · answered by Herodotus 7 · 3 0

I suppose if you believe in the afterlife then it is so, if not then death is terminal and whatever form we take on after that could be interpreted as something new.

If you believe in reicarnation then that is a new life that begins once the previous one ends, or if you are a Christian or believer in God and the existence of heaven and hell, then again it's a beginning of something - albeit an everlasting one.

2007-11-06 22:56:53 · answer #7 · answered by Shh! Be vewy, vewy quiet 6 · 0 0

The end of one thing always runs into the begining of something else and so although the end is niegh and it mat seem like time for the final curtain, we must take our bow and aknowledge that it is not only the encore but also the maiden performance.

2007-11-07 05:42:13 · answer #8 · answered by finn mchuil 6 · 2 0

It's accepted rhetoric, but it is an over-simplification. Rarely does one thing have a finite end, or does another have a definite beginning. But obviously one thing's "end" is followed by another beginning, or life on earth would have become extinct long ago. But the phrase is basically empty rhetoric.

2007-11-06 22:24:44 · answer #9 · answered by A Plague on your houses 5 · 3 0

Sure, why not... ? But the middle of something could be the beginning of something new, too..... like, isn't it true that the second half of anything is "newer" than the first half even if you did the whole thing inside out or backwards.

Beginnings and endings are kind of a relative sometimes.

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2007-11-07 00:04:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3 0

The 'end' always causes change, which then becomes the start of something new. Yes.
It's possible to be frozen and scared of the 'end' and this causes a lot of mental stress. (The 'end' of a happy time - as in music: grunge, new wave, disco. The 'end' of the silent movie and the musical.) People refuse to cut their hair or clothes in defiance of the 'end' of a period.

2007-11-06 22:45:50 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

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