Dualism
right wrong
good bad
us them
co-eternal
binary opposition
no room here
for conversation
compromise
contemplation
everything is defined
set
rigid
and out of radical dualism
which is very Old Testament
(by the way)
come
judgementalism
hatred
intolerance
pain
and yes
let us not forget this.....
fear
I find it interesting that Jesus was rarely
if ever
dualistic
Is it right to pay taxes?
hmmm
Come on Jesus, Yes or No
Pay unto Caesar that which belongs to Caesar
and unto God
that which belongs to God
non-dualism
love your neighbor
as your self
both sides loveable and loved
non-dualism
The problem with the being a person
especially a religious person
who goes into dualistic thinking
is that one becomes a "mirror image of both what you oppose
and what you love" (Richard Rohr, the Naked Now).
I know people who hate other people
and I hate
people
like that
Damn those people who damn people
in the face of hate we become haters
in the face of intolerance we are intolerant
in the face of violence we embrace violence
I know I know
it gets complicated
and what about holiness
and all that stuff
but was there ever a moment when
the hate and anger and ugliness of the world
was more profound
than
the cross?
and in the midst of that
how did Jesus respond?
it is something to think about
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