Forces in opposition has a lot more to do with just resisting a natural impulse.
Xeper.
/Adramelek\
Peacemaker, let me try to explain with music (since this is a music thread.)
I'm not really Western LHP, so this interpretation is through my own lens. If members of this DIR would like to correct any mistakes in my explanation, it would be much appreciated.
I posted this video earlier in the thread:
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ARCH ENEMY - Bloodstained Cross (OFFICIAL VIDEO) - YouTube
When you look at this video, also from Arch Enemy, you will see that both sides in opposition will encourage this sort of behavior.
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ARCH ENEMY - Under Black Flags We March (OFFICIAL VIDEO) - YouTube
This is the outward projection of forces in opposition. It's not really very pretty, but it
can make you think and contemplate over it. Through contemplation, you can turn these forces in opposition inward to affect an inner transformation. This process of involution and transformation can be seen in this song from Tool: pay attention to the different ways the shadow can manifest and be dealt with:
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Forty Six & 2 - Tool - YouTube
The Apocalypse that truly changes the world is the inner Apolcalypse where people transform themselves. Here's another Arch Enemy video. Notice the red flashes the band members are having in the video? That signifies the inner apocalypse that transforms:
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ARCH ENEMY - My Apocalypse (OFFICIAL VIDEO) - YouTube