by Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD…
As much as people say they want peace and quiet in life without struggle, the truth is that human beings have chosen to be in a world of dualities and challenges. These dualities and challenges are how we choose to approach those hurdles that determine if we sail over them, thus confirming our agility, or trip and end up face down in the dirt.
It is inevitable and necessary for each of us to stumble, and then get up, brush the dust off, and carry on. The process of stumbling and getting up to carry on is how we learn and grow. Thus, we develop depth of character and shades of understanding. In a world of dualities, we have difficulty defining ourselves and can not discover who we are without something opposite. Without challenge, there is nothing to do and nothing to discover. Thus, we are either in a state of non-being or in the state of pure spirit. But as humans, we are spiritual beings experiencing the physical world in all of its startling contrast and beauty and a human being experiencing ourselves as spiritual beings expressing in this density of reality.
No matter how spiritual we are, living in a duality, we will have challenges. We will inevitably run into people who are different from us, but the true challenge is finding ways to be at peace with the process. Instead of giving in to the fight-or-flight response that is our animal nature, we need to find new ways to evolve together into higher, more beautiful expressions of ourselves, realizing, embracing and celebrating the wonder of diversity and the strength it offers as we move on our path.
We come to this earth plane in soul groups – returning into a body with those spirits with whom we need to complete unfinished business and/or need their character to provide the mirror we need to see ourselves and vise verse they need us to provide the mirror for them. Thus, we tend to continue to gravitate toward people who are most like us, at least in the ways that make us feel comfortable – albeit might be negatively comfortable.
Our guides bring us into contact with people who challenge us with their differences – the exact differences we need to remember who we truly are and grow. It may be an obvious difference reflected in their outward appearance or an invisible, but powerful character or philosophical difference. Even our closest friends and family, though they comprise our soul group, there are those who confront us with their different ways of experiencing and expressing life. We can choose to resist, or we can choose to learn from them and appreciate that they too have a place in the kaleidoscope of our life and our spiritual and emotional growth.
About the Author:
Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD, Life Coach, Hypnosis Practitioner, Author, “101 Great Ways To Improve Your Life.” Dr. Dorothy has the unique gift of connecting people with a broad range of profound principles that resonate in the deepest part of their being. She brings awareness to concepts not typically obvious to one’s daily thoughts and feelings. http://www.drdorothy.net
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Anyone who is aware of duality is headed toward an easier game of life! Excellent, Dr. Dorothy! Yet what appears to be missing in our dualistic world is a clear map of how to navigate its constant shifts from one circumstance, situation, feeling, or thought to its opposite.
The movements of duality produce so much ambiguity, uncertainty and constant change, we seem to get a bit lost. And when we’re lost, we can get very caught up in trying to solidify our sense of identity by using what we think or feel or the situation we find ourselves in, as a statement about who we are. The more we are conscious of this pattern in ourselves, the easier it is to step aside and return to that sense of belonging to the Larger Whole. Of course, it is all a total paradox for while we are a part of the Whole we are also separate from it when we are in the confines of our mind.
I have found that understanding the movements of duality can be very helpful in shifting our sense of identity from the circumstances of our lives, both outer and inner, to the consciousness in which it is all playing out. Our stories are magnificent, and so rich with emotional texture and mental complexity. And they all rest in a deep confusion about the nature of duality itself. Duality is, afterall, Oneness in diguise. To see that is to become free to enjoy the play and join the dance. So amazing!
Keep us up to date, thanks for the great read.