Friday, September 20, 2013

Peace with Duality

Maslow called this area of self-actualization “resolution of dichotomies” because these people are able coexist with the polarities and have them work as if there were no conflict.
"The dichotomy between selfishness and unselfishness disappears altogether in Self-Actualizers because in principle every act is both selfish and unselfish. These people are simultaneously spiritual and pagan, sensual to the point where sexuality becomes a path to the spiritual.  Duty cannot be contrasted with pleasure or work with play when duty is pleasure, when work is play, and the person doing his duty and being virtuous is simultaneously seeking his pleasure and being happy.  If the most socially identified people are themselves also the most individualistic people, of what use is it to retain the polarity?"               - Maslow  
 These people are able to fuse differences and make peace with the duality that exists in the world, as if there is no conflict.

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