THE DUAL UNIVERSE

21 NOVEMBER 1988

The basic unit of this universe is two, not one.  This is well stated in the second chapter of the Tao Teh Ching by Lao Tzu:

	As soon as the world regards something as beautiful, ugliness simultaneously 	becomes apparent.

	As soon as the world regards something as good, evil simultaneously becomes 	apparent.

	In exactly the same manner, existence and non-existence give birth to each other.

	Difficult and easy define each other.

	Long and short form each other.

	High and Low make each other conspicuous.

	Front and back connect each other.

The less a client can confront two things, the more he fixes on one. The source of problems for an individual is the inability to confront two things, two people, two postulates, two intentions, etc.

This is probably the basic trap for a Being. She is a single unit that has not cared to confront dual units and is therefore subject to the persistence of all dual things. As she does not seem to care as much for two as she does for one, that which is not admired tends to persist and we have a persisting dual universe.

This is what keeps a problem in place and prevents a Being from confronting the two sides of a problem to uncover the lies and bring about an as-isness. Any process that rehabilitates a Being’s ability to confront is useful in bringing about a resolution of the personal problems of life. 

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