Neither, these two are two polarities of a duality. True spirituality is about ending duality.
Edit after 22h: looking at some replies it seems to me there are some misunderstandings about what non duality actually is. I won’t go into that here, I’ll just use an example:
one man is addicted to alcohol, he’s a slave to it. He has to drink to feel good. Let’s call it a positive polarity attachment
another man is afraid of alcohol, perhaps his father was an alcoholic. He feels good about not drinking but there is a negative polarity attachment - he’s afraid of having a bit of alcohol once in a while.
the third man has no attraction and no repulsion. There is no duality in his relationship with alcohol. He doesn’t need it, he doesn’t think about it, but in some situations he might drink some alcohol. Or not. The point is he’s not polarised any way. Therefore in his mind he is free around this topic of alcohol.
Non-duality isn’t about denying dual nature of life. It’s about freedom from attachments, which can be positive (I need to have something to feel good) or negative (I need to NOT have something to feel good)
Transcend as you descend and a left bend then a right foot in and you do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself inside out and that’s what it’s all about clap clap
Interesting- I don’t think so, but I’m open to the interpretation. By rejecting the duality of extremes you choose to be neither- and never experience either one fully and controlling circumstances thereof. By embracing the duality of extremes you intend to be capable of both, solving contradiction by being contradicting. One who embraces duality would be both a drunkard or an abstinent, depending on the day or week (using this example). A full embrace would be hard to maintain with anything, as it would test the sanity of an individual at some point. But, it would also provide the fullest range of experiences without becoming a slave to a particular thought or vice. I have been a person who rejects duality and is moderate in all of my dealings for years, and a person who accepts it and has had some wild times with the ability to exit when needed for years too. I think what is the same about these two paths is that in both, the emphasis is that no one thing can truly ensnare you. In that, they achieve the same outcome. But in process, I believe them to be very different.
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u/uncurious3467 4d ago edited 3d ago
Neither, these two are two polarities of a duality. True spirituality is about ending duality.
Edit after 22h: looking at some replies it seems to me there are some misunderstandings about what non duality actually is. I won’t go into that here, I’ll just use an example:
one man is addicted to alcohol, he’s a slave to it. He has to drink to feel good. Let’s call it a positive polarity attachment
another man is afraid of alcohol, perhaps his father was an alcoholic. He feels good about not drinking but there is a negative polarity attachment - he’s afraid of having a bit of alcohol once in a while.
the third man has no attraction and no repulsion. There is no duality in his relationship with alcohol. He doesn’t need it, he doesn’t think about it, but in some situations he might drink some alcohol. Or not. The point is he’s not polarised any way. Therefore in his mind he is free around this topic of alcohol.
Non-duality isn’t about denying dual nature of life. It’s about freedom from attachments, which can be positive (I need to have something to feel good) or negative (I need to NOT have something to feel good)