Quotes Tagged "dualism"

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.
Tags: yin-and-yang, wisdom, tears, sadness, pearls, light-and-darkness, life-lessons, life-journey, joy, happiness, gratitude, duality, dualism, desperation, dark-night-of-the-soul, curse, blessings-in-disguise, blessings, blessing, appreciation
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...
Tags: spirituality, phenomenology, dualism