November 22-A, 2022

Of course, there is duality! 
It is our place to blur the edges.
To reduce the contrast.
To create "Both/And"
out of "Either/Or."

The opposites are essential
just as they are.
The contraries work together
to produce balance and harmony.

Balance and harmony aren't just there!
We bring them into being!
By bearing the pain of contradiction,
like the Buddha under the Bo Tree,
and Jesus in the wilderness
and in Gethsemane.

We are the ones who produce the blend
of "Thou Art That" and "Neti Neti,"
or "Neither Thou Nor That!"
Bearing in our own bodies
the mark of the cross of polarities
that are as real as death and resurrection.

The Buddha knows what I am talking about,
and Jesus,
and Hester Prynne,
and Tevya...

The List is long.

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