Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt00260)

Here's something I wrote to a friend 
who's friend suddenly died in a car 
crash. I don't know if ... In any case, 
for better or worse (as usual):

Lately, I've been thinking about the 
dualistic nature of life, in general.
In other words, everything in life as we 
know it keeps cycling: up/down, 
black/white, good/bad, sleep/awake, 
life/death, happy/sad, and so on. Seems 
to me that we couldn't have "life," in 
general, as it's generally understood, 
without some sort of contrast by which 
"life" could be recognized as such. In 
other words, how could we humans have 
any of the kind of life that we're used 
to collectively if it weren't for 
ongoing, essentially dualistic 
interpretations and experiences, (or 
interpretive experiences, in a sense)? 
Seems to me that when people start to 
recognize that there's an essentially 
dualistic basis for perceived reality, 
then that kind of recognition might tend 
to lead to an interest in some esoteric 
topics.

^:-/ ...
Mauri