From the Dhammapada (translation by Thanissaro Bhikkhu):
Quote:
Phenomena are preceded by the heart,
ruled by the heart,
made of the heart.
If you speak or act
with a corrupted heart,
then suffering follows you —
as the wheel of the cart,
the track of the ox
that pulls it.
Phenomena are preceded by the heart,
ruled by the heart,
made of the heart.
If you speak or act
with a calm, bright heart,
then happiness follows you,
like a shadow
that never leaves.
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Duality is like a catalyst. It let us distinguish between light and dark. Without darkness no one ever would have recognised the light. Darkness and light are very different. In our world of duality the one can't exist without the other. An important step is to integrate both aspects in life, to balance them.
Now, I have a question, I would like to ask: Can happiness/liberation/enlightenment (or whatever you want to call the final goal of our lifes) finally only be realized by turning to the light as the Buddha indicates? Or can happiness only be realized by overcoming the duality? Or are these choices in essence the same, because our perception of light and darkness is an illusion, because actually there only is light in different distortions, there only exists light?
What do you think?
Love and blessings,
Bagheera