Is there anything called a beginning? Didn't everything begin as a reaction to an end? Isn't life a reaction? Life- a desire to be happy, a means to exist- isn't it all a reaction; desire a reaction of non-possession, existence a reaction to life...
The definition that is sought every second of everyday is a reaction to puzzles. To define is a need, a reaction to ignorance. when the world is busy reacting, pro-action then becomes a null entity. Something which exists just as a word with no real meaning. When the world is busy fire-fighting, what role does a fire safety drill play? Does it prepare? Or is it a reaction to a fire elsewhere?
Reactions justify the absence of anything new. Everything old wears out, or takes different forms. Formation to anything different is a reaction to ageing. ageing a reaction to time. Time is a reaction to itself, and that is where the loop forms, and ends and forms again. The loop doesn't have an escape, and those who are in pursuit of an escape may just end up wearing down and changing forms. The core doesn't change. There is no dynamic. The static is what exists, now and forever. The static is an impossibility to a pro-active. Pro-active assumes change happening in a certain way and reacts to this assumption. Either way, the end remains the same- the static- no matter which means are taken on the way- the forms. When the ends are similar, when the reactions are adamant, how does it matter the ways in which they are arrived at? Does it matter where the butterfly flutters its wings?