BUILD OR BREAK

From a linear perspective, building and breaking are opposite to each other but from a cyclical perspective, they become harmonious. Breaking leads to building, which in turn leads to breaking and so on.

Both, the linear and cyclical perspectives have their respective roles. The maturity of a wholesome person can be determined by his judgement of which one to use when.

The Mahabharata deals with both these perspectives of building and breaking, making life beautiful.

What Dhritharashthra had to see through a linear perspective, he saw through the cyclical. When someone would suggest him to discipline  Duryodhana and set things right, he would reply using the cyclical approach saying, "nothing can be done because it is beyond our efforts" and call it destiny. Even when it was evident that his son was not supposed to be king, he actively schemed against the Pandavas to destroy them.

It was conscious avoidance on the part of the blind king to justify his meanness using wrong perspectives at wrong times in wrong situations.

The linear perspective is action oriented and the cyclical perspective is philosophical. One must use the linear perspective for our present and the cyclical to see our past and reflect upon it. This implies that the linear perspective is meant for that which can be changed and the cyclical perspective is meant for that which can't be changed, and must be accepted.

The blind king tried challenging the unchangeable - the destiny of any of his sons of not being crowned as king and wanted to interfere with the unchangeable destiny of Yudhishthira becoming the King of Hastinapura.

Therefore, the Gita harmonises destiny and action. The reflective Arjuna sees things from a cyclical perspective and the active Arjuna sees things from a linear perspective. In this way, he is an ideal example of a perfectly practical person for the betterment of this world. And by being cyclical, he becomes philosophical and further worldly in his approach. 

Whether our approach is cyclical or linear based on the situation is what will decide our destination.