The Dichotomy of the Human Soul
Posted on August 2, 2008
Filed Under Emotions |
The two facedness of our existence isn’t something to be mourned but instead celebrated. It’s essentially the manifestation of our dark and light selves, our yin and yang.
Nobody is all good or all evil. No matter how you think of yourself there are other opposing facets of your personality that are a balance to one another.
Spend a few minutes thinking of what you regard as negative aspects of your personality. Go away now for five or ten minutes and write a list of any and all things that could be considered as negative about yourself. Once you’re got your list, on a new blank sheet create a list of all the positive things.
When your finished I would expect that you will find that many aspects of the “bad” list are echoed on the “good” list. What is one man’s meat is another man’s poison. Who’s to say that greed is bad, but the hunger a business leader feels is good?
This is a natural balance, your life journey is to identify these aspects of your personality and grow those that your enjoy but be aware that removing the elements you dislike will cause some other disharmony.
Look at the lists and realise you are neither wholly despicable nor entirely admirable. You are both these things and these two facets of your personally create the entire self.
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