It is a bit of a yin yang situation. Expand, consolidate.

Social expansion, civil and cultural consolidation.

We exist as nodes in the network, organisms in the ecosystem, trees in the forest. An organism has to largely synchronize its functions, in order to exist as one, while an ecosystem harmonizes its functions, so that some are rising and some are falling in an overall equilibrium.

The question is where do we fit? Do we have the resources to effectively synchronize our energies, in order to rise, or is it better, in our particular situation, to sit back and sense the deeper energies under the surface chop. Consider that out in the open ocean, a tsunami is only a few feet high, but miles wide.

The turtle is still plodding along, long after the rabbit has died.