Strangely enough, good things that are as good as the worst bad things are bad always seem to depend on badness for their effect. They always involve self-sacrifice in the face of evil, persecution and death: 'Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.' That's why the Cross - a combination torture/execution device - is the most powerful symbol of love we have.
I read somewhere that the soul always chooses the whole thing, the good and the bad. Maybe the non-dualist Eastern spiritualities are correct that if you want to do away with the bad, you have to move past the good also.
I guess this is why I'm finding tantra more appealing, since it's all about experiencing the energy of the collision between two opposing poles.
Strangely enough, good things that are as good as the worst bad things are bad always seem to depend on badness for their effect. They always involve self-sacrifice in the face of evil, persecution and death: 'Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.' That's why the Cross - a combination torture/execution device - is the most powerful symbol of love we have.
I read somewhere that the soul always chooses the whole thing, the good and the bad. Maybe the non-dualist Eastern spiritualities are correct that if you want to do away with the bad, you have to move past the good also.
I guess this is why I'm finding tantra more appealing, since it's all about experiencing the energy of the collision between two opposing poles.
I like Taoism on this as well.