{"quotes":[{"text":"The number two, he thought, was an ominous number. Two is a reflection or duplication of one, the most perfect of the natural numbers. Two is all echo and counterpoise; two is the beginning of multiplicity, the way the universal oneness differentiates itself and breaks apart into strings and quarks and photons, all the separate and component pieces of life. Two is a symbol of becoming as opposed to pure being...","author":"David Zindell","tags":["dualism","phenomenology","spirituality"],"id":28793,"author_id":"David+Zindell"},{"text":"The chemists who uphold dualism are far from being agreed among themselves; nevertheless, all of them in maintaining their opinion, rely upon the phenomena of chemical reactions. For a long time the uncertainty of this method has been pointed out: it has been shown repeatedly, that the atoms put into movement during a reaction take at that time a new arrangement, and that it is impossible to deduce the old arrangement from the new one. It is as if, in the middle of a game of chess, after the disarrangement of all the pieces, one of the players should wish, from the inspection of the new place occupied by each piece, to determine that which it originally occupied.","author":"Auguste Laurent","tags":["atoms","chemical-reactions","chemistry","chemists","chess","dualism","opinion","science"],"id":45574,"author_id":"Auguste+Laurent"},{"text":"Someone once said to me, 'There are so many religions in the world. They can't all be right.' And my reply was, 'Well, they can't all be wrong either.' All religions in the world today share more commonalities than differences, yet language blinds many from seeing these truths. Some people will tell me that what I write about is straight from their holy book, but the truth is that the main principles found in all holy books were already engraved in all our hearts. If you think common sense, the golden rule and knowing right from wrong are exclusive only to your faith, then you need to open yourself up to the rest of the world's religions.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["belief","books","catholicism","christianity","common-sense","conscience","dualism","ethical","ethics","faith","god","god","golden-rule","higher-power","hinduism","honor","islam","judaism","literature","love","moral-philosophy","morality","philosophy","politics","principles","religion","religions","relkigion","right","right-and-wrong","suzy-kassem","truth","universe","world-religions","wrong"],"id":50935,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"Human life is inherently dualistic. It consists of or is explicable as two fundamental entities, including rivalries between subject and object, mind and matter, and conflict between the benevolent and the malevolent forces. Opposition in the universe creates a dynamic living universe composed of good and evil, body and soul. Human thoughts and feelings are the communal products of the conscious and unconscious mind’s interpretation of a constant flow of coded and symbolic dialogue.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["body-and-soul","conscience","dual-core","dualism","dualistic-thinking","duality","duality-of-opposites","emotions","feelings-and-emotions","feelings-and-perceptions","forces-of-nature","good-and-evil","good-and-evil","love","love-and-sayings","thoughts-on-life","unconscious-mind"],"id":53180,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"In truth, to go for a walk with one's eyes open is enough to demonstrate that humanity is divided into two classes of individuals whose clothes, faces, bodies, smiles, gaits, interests, and occupations are manifestly different. Perhaps these differences are superficial, perhaps they are destined to disappear. What is certain is that right now they do most obviously exist.","author":"Simone de Beauvoir","tags":["dualism","feminism"],"id":79715,"author_id":"Simone+de+Beauvoir"},{"text":"Physical brains are subject to the laws of physics; mental states are subject to the laws of logic. Those who think mental states are entirely physical hold a logically contradictory position. In order to think rationally about their thoughts , they must have the freedom to do so, but this freedom is unavailable if the laws of physics and chemistry are controlling their thoughts.","author":"J. Warner Wallace","tags":["brain","christianity","dualism","god","mind","science"],"id":108732,"author_id":"J.+Warner+Wallace"},{"text":"The goal of all principled people is to recognize truth. Simple or complex thoughts and feelings standing alone rarely express any universal truths. Thoughts and feelings combine to create profound truths and compose extravagant falsities. Truth making exposes certain falsehoods, and lies shed light upon irrefutable truths. Art reveals the pageantry of nature along with the unmitigated grotesqueness that accompanies an earthly life. The search for truth begins with an intellectual journey into darkness whereas the search for beauty requires an imaginative act trussed with the classical beauty of Apollonian lightness. Aesthetic appreciation represents the perfect reconciliation of the sensual and rational parts of humankind’s animalistic nature. Similar to aesthetic experience – contemplation of beauty without imposition of a worldly agenda – love depends upon human sensory-emotional values, a judgement of values and sentiments.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["aesthetics","beauty","beauty-in-nature","beauty-of-life","dual-core","dualism","dualistic-thinking","emotional-trauma","feelings-and-emotions","love","love","love-and-sayings","principles-of-life","search-for-truth","sensual","sentiments","thoughts-and-beliefs","truth","truth-of-life","truth","universal-truths","untruth","values","values-in-life"],"id":119087,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"If we never experience the chill of a dark winter, it is very unlikely that we will ever cherish the warmth of a bright summer’s day. Nothing stimulates our appetite for the simple joys of life more than the starvation caused by sadness or desperation. In order to complete our amazing life journey successfully, it is vital that we turn each and every dark tear into a pearl of wisdom, and find the blessing in every curse.","author":"Anthon St. Maarten","tags":["appreciation","blessing","blessings","blessings-in-disguise","curse","dark-night-of-the-soul","desperation","dualism","duality","gratitude","happiness","joy","life-journey","life-lessons","light-and-darkness","pearls","sadness","tears","wisdom","yin-and-yang"],"id":135835,"author_id":"Anthon+St.+Maarten"},{"text":"All life depends upon the opportunistic interplay between elemental forces, the mysterious dualities of the numinous universe. Ying and yang forces of the natural world (lightness and darkness, fire and water, expansion and contraction) create tangible dualities that are complementary, interconnected, and independent. Without the firmament in the midst of the waters, without both sunshine and water, no life forms could subsist on this rocky orb. Without the rich soil surrounded by a canopy of an illimitable sky how could we feed ourselves, how could we breathe?","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["dualism","dualistic-thinking","duality","duality-of-opposites","earth-and-soul","forces-of-darkness","forces-of-nature","inter-connectivity","interconnection","life","lightness-and-darkness","love","love","love-and-sayings","opposites-attract","opposition","ying-yang"],"id":173176,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"All the philosophical theories that exist have been created by the mistaken dualistic minds of human beings. In the realm of philosophy, that which today is considered true, may tomorrow be proved to be false. No one can guarantee a philosophy's validity. Because of this, any intellectual way of seeing whatever is always partial and relative. The fact is that there is no truth to seek or to confirm logically; rather what one needs to do is to discover just how much the mind continually limits itself in a condition of dualism.Dualism is the real root of our suffering and of all our conflicts. All our concepts and beliefs, no matter how profound they may seem, are like nets which trap us in dualism. When we discover our limits we have to try to overcome them, untying ourselves from whatever type of religious, political or social conviction may condition us. We have to abandon such concepts as 'enlightenment', 'the nature of the mind', and so on, until we are no longer satisfied by a merely intellectual knowledge, and until we no longer neglect to integrate our knowledge with our actual existence.","author":"Namkhai Norbu","tags":["dualism","dzogchen","enlightenment","gnosis","nonduality","philosophy","tibetan-buddhism"],"id":188520,"author_id":"Namkhai+Norbu"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":26,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}