The Primordial Cycle

The Primordial Cycle preserves, in brief, the eternal balance of the universe. The fundamental principle is as follows: the universe, in its composition, consists of duals (these are not opposites, necessarily) which balance each other out when present in a certain ratio. For example, the extreme and divine hierarchical order of the heavens is balanced by the chaos and disorder of the Hells and the Abyssal realms; the short, chaotic lives of lesser mortals are balanced by the immutability of the larger universe and existence itself, and the uncertainty of such a life is balanced by certainty of death. Any disruption of the balance will result in a reaction that brings the universe back into equilibrium. For this reason, the Divines have forbidden themselves for direct interference in the Material Plane, which is the conjunction of all of the Primordial forces, and the manifestation of the Primordial balance. Should one Divine meddle in the affairs of the Material plane, all the others would interfere as well, thus altering the balance and throwing the world into chaos. Yet, the meddling of the others would serve also to bring the universe back to balance because the plans of each would confound the others and stop them from influencing the world beyond their means. Whether this is the intentional doing of the other gods or whether it is their nature, predetermined by the Primordials themselves, is a matter of hot debate within the academic and religious circles of our world (and likely is debated in the courts of the gods themselves).   Why, then, if the balance is self-preserving and prefers to be unchanged, do we call this a "cycle?" A cycle is something that naturally changes over time in a predictable manner, always returning to a starting point from which to begin again. If the universe seeks to be at all times balanced, then the notion of a cycle is surely incompatible with it, correct? In a sense, this is true, but is not chaos a primordial force that must exert influence on the balance? What many scholars have noted is that the Prime Material Plane (ours) often undergoes alternating periods of chaos and relative peace with such a frequency as to suggest that perhaps the balance is ever-changing. That is to say, the proper "ratios" of Primordial forces to their dual is ever-shifting, resulting in various periods of distress, hope, prosperity, and poverty. We must always recall that the machinations of the universe are beyond what we can truly grasp as mortals, and we can only attempt to describe them in familiar terms