The joke of dualism

One way to look at it is like this.

Every limitation has an advantage and every advantage has a limitation.

Consider where you are right now.

Likely there are things you are striving for or trying to get. You perceive that getting these things will give you some advantage, will create a better future.

It's also likely you bemoan the fact that you have certain limitations (e.g., financial, not good looking enough, physically disabled in some way, etc.).

If you're after more money to create a better lifestyle, yes, you might create a better lifestyle, but you also may find that you're still you, with all the same problems you had before. More money can also mean more complexity/stress to manage and people now wanting a piece of the pie and treating you differently.

Look at Dr. BJ Miller who lost 3 limbs in a freak accident, who then went on to complete medical school and become an expert in the field of hospice care—his accident taught him to compassionately care for others in pain or transition, how many thousands of lives he has touched as a result of his "limitation."

The whole point of this system of duality we have is to bring you back to the present moment, to right here and now. To have you accept what is. Your past. Your limitations.

There are no such things as limitations.

There are no such things as advantages.

Every limitation has associated with it an advantage and vice versa.

This throws striving and whining out the door.

It causes you to allow the now. To live in the present moment. Where true salvation is.

So simple, yet so hard.

How tempting it is to want to make our life better.

How tempting it is to cry about an unfair hand of cards we were dealt.

There is only choice.

Do I accept my life as it is?

Or do I resist what is and fight to change it?

You may win the fight.

But within that win is a loss.

Loss of connection to this moment, where all needs are truly fulfilled.