Guest guest Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 Duality Creates Conflict Conflict of any kind—physically, psychologically, intellectually—is a waste of energy. Please, it is extraordinarily difficult to understand and to be free of this because most of us are brought up to struggle, to make effort. When we are at school, that is the first thing that we are taught—to make an effort. And that struggle, that effort is carried throughout life—that is, to be good you must struggle, you must fight evil, you must resist, control. So, educationally, sociologically, religiously, human beings are taught to struggle. You are told that to find God you must work, discipline, do practice, twist and torture your soul, your mind, your body, deny, suppress; that you must not look; that you must fight, fight, fight at that so-called spiritual level—which is not the spiritual level at all. Then, socially each one is out for himself, for his family. ....So, all around, we are wasting energy. And that waste of energy in essence is conflict: the conflict between " I should " and " I should not, " " I must " and " I must not. " Once having created duality, conflict is inevitable. So one has to understand this whole process of duality—not that there is not man and woman, green and red, light and darkness, tall and short; all those are facts. But in the effort that goes into this division between the fact and the idea, there is the waste of energy. The Book of Life - June 2 ********************************************** I might add, conflict also creates duality! ... Michael Adamson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 Nisargadatta , " Adamson " <adamson wrote: > > Duality Creates Conflict > > Conflict of any kind—physically, psychologically, intellectually—is a waste of energy. Please, it is extraordinarily difficult to understand and to be free of this because most of us are brought up to struggle, to make effort. When we are at school, that is the first thing that we are taught—to make an effort. And that struggle, that effort is carried throughout life—that is, to be good you must struggle, you must fight evil, you must resist, control. So, educationally, sociologically, religiously, human beings are taught to struggle. You are told that to find God you must work, discipline, do practice, twist and torture your soul, your mind, your body, deny, suppress; that you must not look; that you must fight, fight, fight at that so-called spiritual level—which is not the spiritual level at all. Then, socially each one is out for himself, for his family. > > ...So, all around, we are wasting energy. And that waste of energy in essence is conflict: the conflict between " I should " and " I should not, " " I must " and " I must not. " Once having created duality, conflict is inevitable. So one has to understand this whole process of duality—not that there is not man and woman, green and red, light and darkness, tall and short; all those are facts. But in the effort that goes into this division between the fact and the idea, there is the waste of energy. > > The Book of Life - June 2 > ********************************************** > > I might add, conflict also creates duality! ... Michael Adamson > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2006 Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 Nisargadatta , " dan330033 " <dan330033 wrote: > > Nisargadatta , " Adamson " <adamson@> wrote: > > > > Duality Creates Conflict > > > > Conflict of any kind—physically, psychologically, intellectually— is > a waste of energy. Please, it is extraordinarily difficult to > understand and to be free of this because most of us are brought up to > struggle, to make effort. When we are at school, that is the first > thing that we are taught—to make an effort. And that struggle, that > effort is carried throughout life—that is, to be good you must > struggle, you must fight evil, you must resist, control. So, > educationally, sociologically, religiously, human beings are taught to > struggle. You are told that to find God you must work, discipline, do > practice, twist and torture your soul, your mind, your body, deny, > suppress; that you must not look; that you must fight, fight, fight at > that so-called spiritual level—which is not the spiritual level at > all. Then, socially each one is out for himself, for his family. > > > > ...So, all around, we are wasting energy. And that waste of energy > in essence is conflict: the conflict between " I should " and " I should > not, " " I must " and " I must not. " Once having created duality, conflict > is inevitable. So one has to understand this whole process of > duality—not that there is not man and woman, green and red, light and > darkness, tall and short; all those are facts. But in the effort that > goes into this division between the fact and the idea, there is the > waste of energy. > > > > The Book of Life - June 2 > > ********************************************** > > > > I might add, conflict also creates duality! ... Michael Adamson > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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