Transcending Duality

February 28th, 2008

In yesterday’s post I referred to the idea that there is only one power in the universe — and that power is ours by birthright. When I came to fully realize this, the implications were huge; it was one of the single greatest epiphanies that helped me empower my life. Lots of posts could (and probably will) be written on those implications alone. Today though, I’d like to explore some of the points that led me to reach this conclusion. That’s not to say I’m going to try and prove anything — this is something one either knows to be true, or knows to be untrue wink . But for those who are beginning to realize it, perhaps I can help prod you along; for those who already do, perhaps I can offer a perspective you haven’t considered before.

When Adam and Eve metaphorically “ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,” they (we) succumbed to the illusion that there are two powers. But the dark, negative polarity is derivative; it has no independent existence. It is the absence of a thing, not a thing in itself. Like I said in the post You Are Your Own Authority, the dark, negative polarity has no inherent power. Its power is stolen; its authority an illusion perpetuated by those who believe in it, or are too fearful and apathetic to make a stand.

I recently referred to quantum physics to show that there’s not much separating “me” from “you” — we’re made of particles and empty space, and the only thing separating us is particles and empty space. Y’know what’s interesting about those particles that make up everything we perceive as ourselves and our world? Once you break things down to a certain level, those particles have no defining properties to differentiate any of them. In other words, the “stuff” that makes up our reality is all fundamentally the same. So how do we account for all the diversity we see before us?

Consciousness.

In order to live and experience in a cohesive environment, the collective consciousness has agreed, for instance, to perceive one arrangement of particles as “chair,” another as “tree” and so on. Likewise, the conscious observer within me interprets an act that increases the well being of myself and others “good” and an act that takes away another entity’s personal power and freedom as “evil.” On one hand, these are all just experiences; it takes the conscious observer to place value judgments on them. On another level though, it can be shown that much of what is considered “good” by most standards is the default; “evil” comes into existense by taking taking that thing away.

The difference between peace and violence is one example; peace exists until one entity raises its proverbial hand against another. Freedom exists on its own until another entity applies coercive force to put limits on another. Abundance is the universal norm: there is more than enough food, space and resources on earth to meet everyone’s needs several times over. Lack only entered the picture when we gave a small group of people the power to instill us with scarcity thinking, putting us in conflict with ourselves and each other, while taking most for themselves. There are many more examples, but you get the idea.

Mother Teresa understood this when she said “I was once asked why I don’t participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I’ll be there.” What is an anti-war rally but a group directing all its energy and focus toward the lack of peace? Since we get more of what we focus on, why not focus on things that work toward the highest good of all? When we focus our thoughts, words and actions on the highest good, we are operating in alignment with the universe itself, and we begin to live and perceive from the perspective of the divine consciousness within.

–Palehorse

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