The joke of dualism pt. 2

Yet another way to look at it is like this.

Every beginning is an ending and every ending is a beginning.

Think about that vacation you've been looking forward to and looking forward to. Oh what relief it's going to bring.

Yet, Day 1 is the beginning of the end of it and how you always wish you had a "little bit more time."

Think about that job you just got fired from or relationship that just ended, oh the turmoil and chaos it brings.

Yet, look back and see that some new (often 'better') experience arose after to take you on to the next thing.

Take any polarity in existence and you get the same result.

This is the symbol the ancients used to represent this fundamental aspect of our human experience:

Try as we might, there is no escape from dualism, none. It's funny in a way.

It's as if the Universe is sending this subtle, yet loud, loud message to not get caught in the trap of attaching oneself to either side of the see saw.

Doing so is the way to suffering, as all the Masters have taught.

The solution to the riddle is to meditate on the container of the light and dark poles—the circle. It doesn't change, it just is. It's beyond dualism. It's the nothing that's everything at once.

The solution is to be here now.

To love this moment as it is, as it's all you have—it's always with you, it's always and will always be now.

When you do, a still and profound joy is the result. Joy that can't be taken away. It's the joy you've been looking for through all the striving and seeking to improve or remove.

It's been here all along, waiting to be found.

Dualism helps you find it because after awhile, you start to catch on to the joke that frustration is always the result of trying to make this moment something other than what it already is.