The world of duality

Every living thing that appeared in a universe of matter, energy, space and timebecame encased in a body that equals the nature of its surrounding. It is the world of duality in which the highest entity, which is represented in man, still has a choice. A human being can return to his higher body. But he also can burn himself out and become the dust of the universe. This world of duality gives man two eyes, two legs, two brain halves, etc. Man can go the right way or the wrong way. He can be happy or sad, negative or positive, dull or alert, right or wrong. His stomach can be empty or full. What he is inside he experiences outside. It is the world of high and low, cold and hot, dark and light, sweet and bitter, pleasant and unpleasant. Man experiences the real light of the sun and an artificial light of the moon. The purpose of this universe is to give man a choice. He either can go up or down. When he returns willingly to his home he will be happy. But hereally has no choice because when he goes down, he still will be made to return forcefully by serving as building blocks for the universe. He has to serve until he has paid back all he has done wrong. He will be ground to dust. Unless man is under spiritual guideance he inevitably will become entangled in matter (building up karma). If a man wants to survive in this world he has to be more cruel than his surrounding. Going to heaven means not to learn to lose. A good exercise is to undertake a job in this world and let yourself be defeated by it. The point is to remain content. Then go on to the next job and do it all over again.

One can live only so long as one is intoxicated, drunk with life; But when one grows sober one cannot fail to see that it is all a stupid cheat. What is truest about it is that it is not funny but cruel stupidity.

-- Tolstoy