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Heal dualities


"Beware of the fury of the patient man."


-- John Dryden


Our minds perceive and give relative value - positive and negative - to the different sides of a duality. We usually shun the negative.


It’s important to know that you cannot eliminate the negative by focusing exclusively on the positive. Energetically, both opposites must remain in balance. Increase one and its opposite will also increase. Try to be only positive and the negative within you will raise its ugly head.


We work with dualities by remembering that each is part of the whole. We must acknowledge and accept all aspects of life, because they all exist within us. And so, if we seek to be honest, we do so by acknowledging our potential to be dishonest. We can also bring in love and compassion when we catch ourselves acting out the negative.


Power arises out of integrating the positive and negatives within us. From the tension that exists between the two, we develop awareness and become more conscious and compassionate.


"Any fool can run towards the light. It takes a master with courage to turn and face the darkness and shine his own light there."


-- Leslie Fieger



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hmmmm


No problem turning to face the darkness...but the dam batteries in my flashlight, keep runnin down...


Then the boogie men and the monsters take over,, and scare the livin bee jee sus outa me...


Ohhhhh...its a long story.....But I'm aware....Ohhh God..I'm Aware....Scream!!!!!


As for positives and negatives?  Well its like a car battery eh...A negative post..and a positive post...yu kinda need both...to start it and keep it running...


And yu got to keep that liquid stuff inside the battery topped up....yu get my drift Vern?


Have a nice day..:)



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The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt.


-Thomas Merton



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