Below is a small extract from a much larger journey into the nature of contrast in our life. You could think of contrast as the dissatisfied feeling you have with how things are going in your life, or as the chaos and unpleasantness you deal with in your life, the sense of missing out or not getting what you want, some even consider things such as the Devil or demons, possession or interference that ‘made them do it’ (whatever it is!), these are all aspects of contrast in our lives.
The basis of our world is such that when you choose to pursue something, when you choose to create a circumstance in your life, you get the whole of it and the whole of it includes its contrast. This idea is often called duality. Our world is a whole world, it includes the dark and the light, the good and the bad, in includes both sides of the coin – the middle of the coin, the coin itself and its surrounds actually, but in terms of the whole what we’re considering here is the duality, the both sides, the good and the bad, that form the wholeness of the circumstance or concept you are pursuing.
So, ask yourself what you pursue and how are you being shown the contrast to what you pursue? For instance, you choose to focus on purity and goodness. Well, the contrast is impurity and badness, so your focus draws to you that which is its opposite and that which throws your pursuit into contrast, as an opportunity to investigate and understand what it is you pursue and how you are pursuing it. Are you drawn into the impurity and badness, or do you maintain your focus?
The opposite and the contrast is very appealing. It is very seductive and on the surface often seems more pleasurable and easy, but it is contrast presented by your focus as part of the whole. Both ends of the spectrum, both sides of the coin exist – which do you choose, which do you focus upon?
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