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Wherever life takes place it has its specific cycles: Summer, autumn and winter, which means shooting & blooming, thriving & prospering,   harvesting & enjoying,  withering & fading. These are the cycles on which evolution moves forward. It's not just the law of nature, but also the law of cultural and individual life.

Look at the way the cultural evolution of mankind has moved forward by turning the cycles of life so far (from a western perspective): Mankind started with the Babylonian culture, which was replaced by the Egyptian Pharaohs, followed by the Greeks and Romans, interrupted by the Dark Ages, revived by the modern times: the discovery of the Americas, showing up with nationalism and imperialism and today leading to globalization. The transition from each era to the next mostly is accompanied by decadence, crises and disruptions. While in the past wars took place like autumn and winter storms in those transition periods, today the world's politicians - for the first time in history - try to manage the change over from a nationalistic to a globalized world in a peaceful manner.

How about the seasons of personal life? Childhood & education, production & re-production, chill-out & retirement, aging & death? Each transition time has its own crises: Adolescence, midlife-crisis & geriatric depression, which are times of uncertainty and fear, conflicts and revolution. In times of anything goes and devaluated traditions managing ones personal development is a ongoing challenge. It requires a thorough understanding of oneself, of who I am and ones strengths and talents, of boldness and decidedness - and last but not least, good people around.

Our economy is striving for unlimited growth and currently leading to crises as we can hear in the daily news: global warming, environmental pollution, deserting, overfishing... People strive personally for unlimited youth and wealth. However, without an appropriate understanding of those life cycles we won't be able to manage transition times properly and to act accordingly. Neither on economic nor on personal level.

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