All things turn their faces toward the light.
All things in this life depend on direction. In our world, all is oriented toward the sun : The planets revolve around it, the seasons depend upon it, and our very concept of night and day is tied to the sun's rising and setting. The sun is the dominant element in our lives.In all other areas of our actions, we cannot avoid making arrangements that have a center or orientation. Our lives require composition, just as the solar system has a relationship and structure. Yet all structure and orientation is essentially arbitrary. We take the sun as the center of our world because of our vantage point. To someone standing in another galaxy, our sun is nothing more than another point in limitless space. There is no absolute standard by which to truly call something the center. Therefore, all arrangements and all compositions, all determinations of a dominant element are relative, subjective, and provisional.
There is no center except for that in our own consciousness. When we look at the sun and the arrangement of the planets, we must also include ourselves as observers. How else is there the determination of what is being seen? Consciousness is part of the phenomenon. We are the center, and there is no absolute measure.
Personal Interpretation
The sun dominates our lives because of our orientation. If we looked upon it from a remote galaxy, it would be no more than a pinprick of light in the sky and would have no effect on our lives. We can know no absolute truth. Our experience of reality is subjective. This notion may confuse the adherent who has been told to find the center. Can one exist if perspective determines all that is? Indeed, we should try to be centered in ourselves. The only true center for us is in our own consciousness.
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