May I firstly say that duality itself is actually a blessing, and an important function and experience in the world we are living in. What I am refering to here is the strict and patterned thinking that things need to be either one way, or another, rather than a combination and merging of truth...
What is dualistic thinking?
What is dualistic thinking?
It is a mind function which says, “This or That”. As in there are only 2 choices, and you have to make one now.
In this 3D reality we live in, it implies that whatever we can find, whether it is a perspective, a mental object, a category of any kind… there will always exist its opposite.
So for example, if I believe that I am a good person, there will always be someone who deems those same traits bad. As is the case in every side of a war; The freedom fighters vs the oppressor. Both sides feeling they are the right ones, and the other are the wrong ones.
Now, this is where the function of duality moves into a new way of Being. If there is dualistic thinking, good bad, true false, yes no, then there exists its opposite… non-dualistic thinking.
The very function of duality implies non-duality.
What is non-dualistic thinking?
Non-dualistic thinking is what could be considered “both/and” answers. Where dualistic thinking would be “either/or” answers.
There is a very practical application here.
When we are posed with a question as to whether something is right/wrong, then with a non-dualistic view point we can see that whatever path we choose, there are so many paths, so many options, that you can never truly know whether it is right or wrong. In this way, we can stop using traditional logic to make sense of our decisions, and move into a more intuitive, feeling (heart) based approach.
On a very practical level, when you can see a duality in mind (I am this, as opposed to that), and it is truly understood to not be the full picture, that mind pattern is then transmuted into space, pure consciousness, presence.
If I am a liberal, then I am automatically creating a conflict with conservatives. If I am a capitalist, then I am automatically creating a separation between myself and socialists. It is the dualistic thinking which has us in the situation we are in today; Us vs Them, Good vs Evil, Science vs Religion, etc. The truth that transcends “understanding” in a thinking sense is that both categories in any Us vs Them debate have something very real to share.
If for example, we took the social benefits of socialism (Free shelter, food, health care) and the freeing benefits of capitalism (freedom of speech, ability to create for ones self, abundance without restriction) then the war between the two “sides” would end, and we could use the best of all worlds to create a new living experience.
It is ending these wars within through deep understanding (Left Brain Right Brian, Male Female, Good Evil), which lead to the space of liberation, enlightenment.
On a personal level, one thing that comes from “both/and” thinking which is invaluable, is the ability to truly forgive ones self for making choices in the past.
The things that we cannot forgive ourselves for, we are able to logic out that “If I didn’t do that, then life would be ____”. The truth is that whatever path was chosen, there was a specific experience which HAD TO HAPPEN the way it did. In order to grow, and ultimately in order to choose differently the next time!
Without the experience you have had, how would you know what you want to do/feel/think/be now?
Understanding that right and wrong are constructs of duality, one can move into new ranges of experience which previously were thought impossible. The doorways open to spaces that are liberated from what we know to be “true” and into a space of pure possibility.
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