The Weather of the Mind Keeps Turning
Sometimes clarity rises, pressing down restlessness and heaviness; sometimes restlessness, sometimes heaviness prevails over the other two — the three keep rising and falling in turn.
This verse is the key to the psychology of the three temperaments: none is permanent; they jostle and take turns (abhibhūya).
Do I nail my current heavy mood down as 'this is who I am,' forgetting it is weather that will soon turn?
📝Reflection
This verse is the key to the psychology of the three temperaments: none is permanent; they jostle and take turns (abhibhūya). On listless days I declare 'this is just who I am'; on high days I think the excitement will last forever. But the mind is weather, and weather always turns. The comfort of this knowing is great — today's darkness passes, and today's brightness cannot be held. Ecclesiastes' 'a time for everything' is true inside the mind too. One who knows the temperaments rotate does not despair on bad days nor grow smug on good ones.
🌱Apply It Today
If your mood is heavy today, write 'this too is passing weather,' and in three days look back to see if it was true.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
