From: theirony2013@gmail.com
On 2026-01-16 14:44, Steven Douglas wrote:
>
> Mike posted:
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>> Duality is not a flaw or limited to the world.
>> It is required for experience itself. To know or
>> recognize anything, there must be some form of
>> disagreement or contrast. Without it, there is no
>> awareness — only undifferentiated being.
>>
>> Even in a perfect or “heavenly” state, awareness
>> requires disagreement. One might ask: why must
>> duality exist even in heaven? The answer is simple.
>> To know good, there must be an implicit counter-
>> part — not-good, neutral, or tension. Without this,
>> good cannot be recognized, joy cannot be distin-
>> guished from neutral, and bliss is meaningless.
>>
>> Light and shadow, motion and stillness, self and
>> other can exist in tension.
>>
>> Heaven, if it allows awareness, must contain some
>> form of disagreement; otherwise there is nothing
>> to experience or notice.
>>
>> Absolute unity may exist as pure being. But once
>> awareness arises, minimal disagreement appears:
>> observer versus observed, knower versus known.
>> This is not a flaw; it is the condition for conscious-
>> ness itself.
>>
>> Disagreement cannot be removed without ending
>> experience. Even heaven, to be experienced, must
>> contain it — as the very condition for meaning,
>> awareness, and recognition.
>
> I've often thought that the reason we're living this
> life is to experience the evil that thrives in this
> world. That's why we will be judged by God before we
> can enter Heaven, and only those who believe in Jesus
> and do the will of the Father will enter the Kingdom
> of Heaven.
>
> [quoting Jesus] "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord,
> Lord,' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but the one
> who does the will of my Father in Heaven" [end quote] Matthew 7:21
That's why I believe you will be rejected,
turned back, denied from entering the gates.
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* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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