A look at duality, or the world in which we live.

What is duality? It is a natural law governing the whole of creation and life as we know it. Now life itself is an ethereal (eternal) substance in search of a vehicle of some kind to express its intangible and immaterial nature, and the invisible and unmanifested energy of life impregnates and forms what seems to the naked eye to be solid matter.

We know that matter itself is condensed and compressed universal energy. This energy is generally termed "primordial matter." Science calls it "chaos," and sees it as a formless substance that permeates creation in its entirety. That is why primordial matter incessantly waits to be energized and transformed by its unmanifested and intangible partner the unmanifested Light of Being.

By this ingenious method, the incomprehensible and unmanifested Source of Life manifests itself into tangible substance called primordial matter. In other words, the unmanifested Center of Pure Being and primordial matter impregnate all animate and inanimate manifested creations alike with their unique characteristics.

Primordial matter fills the whole of creation, and yet, under the influence of spirit, it incessantly transforms itself into new shapes and forms. That is through these two completely opposite and contrary poles that govern the whole of creation, the Law of Duality comes into play, controlling the whole process of life and creation.   

As individuals, we personally experience the effects of the Law of duality on a daily basis, since it is part of creation itself. However, in simpler terms, we could say that duality is based on the law of attraction and repulsion, and therefore creation itself is founded on the Law of Duality.

But why is this so? First, let us clarify that the invisible primordial matter is of the nature of unmanifested Being. Here is the inconceivable and extraordinary paradox that demonstrates that an unmanifested essence, an essence that does not belong to creation itself, and therefore does not exist as such for us, can somehow mysteriously cause all of creation. This inconceivable essence is also called Supreme consciousness. Here we need to realize, that without consciousness, we would not even be able to understand the need for duality in order for creation to occur. Clearly, without duality, consciousness and creation alike would have remained formless and completely unconscious. Hence, we, as conscious beings, would not be able to grasp our own existence, let alone question our nature.

It can be said, that in duality we can find our purpose of life, which is wholeness and unity. The returning to the unmanifested Center of Pure Being, or God.

In our daily lives, we could compare the physical body to an instrument in which all manner of sophisticated functions and unknown psychic processes are hidden waiting to be awakened to Cosmic Consciousness or God realization

Summery:

The Relative and the Absolute – The Nature of Duality

The duality is what separates truth into two parts, the perceived, relative truth, and the inherent, absolute truth. If something is perceived through our senses, the absolute truth cannot be grasped. Absolute truth lies beyond the sense perception, because sense perception is only one filter that can be used to view something. This means that perceptions, ascribed meanings, and other “truths” can be overturned and rewritten. They are impermanent.

We as human beings are free to change our perspectives and ascribe new, relative values to things. We can overturn old believes or traditions of living and adopt newer ones.

Understanding duality for what it is, should also makes us more humble when we come to understand that all distinctions are relative to something. Any perceived value is not an absolute truth but a relative one; a truth that we can empower or destroy at any time.

To claim that anything has value is to take one position, one side of the duality. True values cannot be created because a true value is already inherently in the object. Relative values are perceived. All perceived values are what they are, perceptions only. I am a good person implies, that someone is perceived as not good.

The nature of duality is what makes society as a whole a collective “illusion”, a collection of different perspectives of looking at things. This is important to understand because it means that we can collectively view everything from a certain perspective. To say that money is this important, that a thing is taboo, that one race is better than another, that one sex or gender is superior, or this distinction and that distinction… is seeing things from one point of view. Nevertheless, these are all relative truths, and they are far from absolute. Although these perceptions are true and false at the same time, it is their false nature that allows for the redefining of all things.