Duality is the nature of everything in the universe. It’s like a coin with two sides. No matter how attractive or disgusting one side or the other may look, each side needs the other to be of value. For example, how could we appreciate the value of light if we have never experienced darkness? If we have no fear of death, how could we possibly understand the value of life and living? If we have never experienced any pain, how could we ever appreciate the value of pleasure. What could make us appreciate the value of success if we have never failed in anything? If not for the destructive nature of war, how could we ever understand the value of living peacefully with other fellow human beings?
It is in experiencing the negatives that we understand and appreciate the value of the positives. Both are two sides of the same coin. One teaches us the meaning of the other. We cannot therefore have one without the other. No one can pretend to like being in pain. But without it, we cannot understand what having pleasure really mean.
It is in experiencing the negatives that we understand and appreciate the value of the positives. Both are two sides of the same coin. One teaches us the meaning of the other. We cannot therefore have one without the other. No one can pretend to like being in pain. But without it, we cannot understand what having pleasure really mean.
It is for this reason that we must learn to prepare ourselves ready for the time when life chooses to thrust any of its negative sides upon us. We can put ourselves in some level of readiness by learning to cultivate the habit of becoming increasingly aware of two things:
(a) On the other side of the negatives, the positives lay;
(b) Nothing on either side is permanent.
Whenever life turns one of its negative sides on us, we must learn to focus our minds only on the other side where the positives are awaiting.
Our deep understanding of these two things, in my opinion, could hold the key to living a happier life.
(a) On the other side of the negatives, the positives lay;
(b) Nothing on either side is permanent.
Whenever life turns one of its negative sides on us, we must learn to focus our minds only on the other side where the positives are awaiting.
Our deep understanding of these two things, in my opinion, could hold the key to living a happier life.
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