Conflict-free living

 Awareness is an equilibrium in motion, whereas the world of duality is an ongoing back and force of cause and reaction. Take the seven sins and our desire to live an ethical life for example. We feel greed and aspire to be temperate. We are envious but aim to be generous. We want to be compassionate rather than angry and would prefer chastity over lust. Rather than being gluttonous and lazy we want to be controlled in our eating habits while hard-working at the same time.

 

The dual world is full of conflicts. We may with the help of will-power turn out to be a fairly ethical person but are doomed to live in a suboptimal world. First, we live in a second-best world just as Tennessee Williams observed, “If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.” Second, there is always a guilt for not entirely  living up to our own high standards. With each missed step, the same entity that encourages to live a little, beats us up afterwards for doing so.

 

The solution to the internal conflict is simple, though many people have difficult taking this step for some self-interference or other. All inner struggle ends once Awareness is. The entity that once considered itself separate from the rest of the world is viewed from the perspective of wholeness. When we eat, we eat. When we have sex, we have sex. When we earn money, we do so with conviction and when we are tired, we take a rest. In Awareness there is no inner conflict.

 

You ask how one can step out of duality. Well, just be mindful. Take greed or lust as an example, you must realize how the eyes are strained by staring at the desired object, you must feel the implicit agenda in everything you do to get the prized possession. You must notice the endless back and forth between stretching for getting and then being still dissatisfied after getting it. Our self can be felt, understood and let go of; S (erenity) E (nergy) L (ove) F (low) is.