Transcending Duality — What Does it Mean and How to Manifest It?

“I have put duality away. I have seen the two worlds are one.” — Rumi

Recently there’s a lot of talk about our dualistic way of existence and how it’s time for humanity to transcend beyond that.

What exactly is this duality we are talking about here?

Simply put, to deeply know and appreciate true happiness (for example), you need to experience and understand deep sadness.

And on a bigger scale — many ages ago, all there is existed only within the light, expressing one’s consciousness only through the energy of love.

Now, to better understand what love is, one must get to know what love is not. Thus we have spent countless eras learning within the darkness, experiencing ourselves through the opposite of love, through fear.

The Lotus flower symbolizes the purity of one’s being and a deep desire for growing because even if rooted in dark muddy waters, it still manages to push relentlessly towards the light and blossom into one of the most beautiful flowers. It symbolizes detachment because water drops slide off easily from its petals. Photo by pxhere.com

Pay attention to the fact that both light and darkness are inseparable parts of your being.

One cannot exist without the other. Together these two provide you with balance, a highly essential state of being for the one who wishes to transcend into the next stage of existence.

Unfortunately, one can overpower the other, as we can see it happening all over the world.