**This thread open to all, not just those interested in astrology.**

Does everything have a beginning, middle, and end?

For example:  birth, life, death?  A new class would have a beginning, a middle, and an end?  A marriage would have a beginning, a middle and an end?  Does learning have a beginning, middle, and an end, so that once you reach the end, you have no more capacity to learn any more?

When thinking about a beginning, middle, end, it's easy to say: of course, that's true!  Yet, is it really?

Does ALL things, experiences, and personalities have a beginning, a middle, and an end?  And, if so, then what happens after the END?  Does everything, after completing this cycle simple cease to exist?  Or is there yet something more, AFTER the end?  And if it's more than the END, then is it really THE END?  Or instead of The End, is the "end" really just a transformation or another beginning?  Are there CYCLES?  Or do you believe that once you reach the END, that it is really THE END?

Okay this is how I interpreted it - some people believe that cycles and learning is like the first example.
That once a lesson is learned or a cycle is completed then it is no longer relevant.

But I believe that the cycles never end, the second example image shows exactly what I mean.
It like once you have learnt something, gone through a cycle then another one opens up to you that is bigger but still connected and based on your last cycle.
So you then learn/go through that cycle which takes you to the next cycle. All the cycles overlap the area you started off, that first cycle you started off with is still NB and relevant to your current cycle.
Like you keep breaking out of your box into a bigger box and then into a bigger box until maybe there is no box anymore??
heehee

Yes everything has a beginning, middle and an end and then the cycle repeats....like re-incarnation.

There has to be a beginning because if it were the last end continuing then you would have known the last lessons and not done the same mistakes again and wouldnt have felt like a beginning. But again there are some who have a better 'destiny' because they must have got certain things right or the lessons learnt correctly.Its about how connected you are with your lessons and learning.

Thank you so much for the hee hees..Rosered...they really make me giggle.

You say that cycles just keep repeating...you finish (or end) one thing, so you go on to the next, like reincarnation.

So, then, would you say that you take with you all the things you learned before?  Or is the slate wiped clean and you just start over at exactly the same place where you were, and you are doomed to keep repeating the same things over and over, infinite?

If you "collect" things/experiences along the way, then how does that fit in with the "beginning, middle, end?"

Is the idea of building on the last "cycle" inherent in each beginning?  If so, then is each just a continuation, and not really a "new" beginning at all?  Is it more of a continuum of gradually increasing complexity?  

Is the theme of "collecting," and bringing that collection of experiences, a part of each new cycle?

when a new cycle begins it is true it is the end of the last cycle, and the beginning of the new one and it is a NEW one cause it is new area that you are covering.

Umm i do believe that everything we learn is built onto something that existed before it.
Kinda like a child and when it first gets born it cries when it feel the cool air around it but then learns that that it, the air is okay and so the learning grows and grows, then one learns how to behave, there might be some characteristics that are more dominant but you can learn, I know I certainly did. I was NOT deemed normal when growing up and my family and their friends thought I was extremely rude as I did not naturally like to be held, I didn't do any of the usual kid stuff, then I grew up and realised that I had to adapt my behaviour and I did even though not deemed natural or normal to me.

I do notice that certain events keep on repeating in my life, they just change form and once I recognise that its actually just another version of that lesson then I seem to move quickly past it.
I believe that sometimes you can jump a couple of cycles sometimes too.

I also think that sometimes a cycle will appear that you are not prepared for, well it seems like that, but now that I think about it I think you are always prepared.
I kinda think that maybe those cycles could be the 'test' cycles, thats the time when you mustn't be overwhelmed and stress out.
Its the ultimate "A person's true character comes out in times of stress"
kinda like yu may behave like a perfect citizen when the times are good but what about when the times are bad? Are you going to drop all you have learned? And stomp your feet and throw a tantrum just like a child?
Or will you take what you have learned and grow?
So its like even if everything is new and doesn't feel familiar don't discredit your previous experiences and lessons as they got you this far BUT be prepared to adapt them cause some might turn out to be obsolete and no longer serve you.

Thats all I could pull out of the cobwebs!
*grin*