Dualistic thinking Options

Dualistic thinking is very relevant to people following spiritual paths of any kind, since it involves believers who claim to see and experience another existence and others who having not experienced anything they would describe as other-worldy, disregard these claims and it therefore divides people into two camps.

The language used is also a form of dualism as it separates entities into good and bad and places into discrete areas thus: Heaven and Hell.

Is dualistic thinking useful and a good way of hanging ideas on hooks for further exploration or does it lead to extremes of thought that lack balance and settle people into positions that are hard to find their way out of?

Interesting discussion is forming here.

@medicricy
For a moderator, of a website, with the kind of information promoted on the main pages I find you rather closed. I find your attitude "negative". This is an opinion of mine, I'm sure your friends will find you a nice person. Dualistic thinking in the way that I describe is VERY much used in daily life.

Saying it is fake textbook philosophy and doesn't excist to people who live in the "real world" is an attitude which is associated with the "liberal/elite". Do you even notice the things that you are saying? That you are actually judging people by your standard? Calling me, and everyone who thinks similar, arrogant/elite. It's like blaming the kettle black (if I remembered the correct english phrase).

You make it sound as if I look down on mundane people. Sorry, but I do not. Everone is in a daily learning proces and some are further, faster students then others. Does this also make people better then others? I don't think so.

People didn't fight against good or evil, people rebelled against ideas and concepts which they disagreed with. They disagreed and wanted a change. If there are enough people who want the same change and work together you will see that a lot can be achieved. Look at the flower power hippies who rebelled against governments. Personally I'm not so sure this was a good thing, seeing that most people were/aren't ready to cope with the responsibilities that all that freedom brought. A slower introduction would've been better in my eyes. An opinion by my own standards.

Who are you to judge that fascism is a bad thing? It doesn't agree with your view, but in certain countries it is needed to cause change. People decide for themselves and find this change good and see fascism as THE way to do so. It's a tendence which happens often, in some countries more extreme then others. Fascism isn't my way to go either, but it is just the way it is. It is not good or bad...it just is. It doesn't have to do with dualistic thinking being plausible in "the real world" it just is without your objective view added to it in order to judge. Fascism might not be the real solution on short term, but it will cause people to see things different in a new light. You can read all you want, but you can't truly understand unless you lived it.

I remember the bible stating: "Don't judge unless you want to be judged yourself"

People often come with nazi's, Hitler and World War 2. The people that do so are usually children that know very little about the many aspects and the deeper layers of understanding the situations. Making comparisons with regular topics and make an automatic connection towards Hitler just shows how little people truly know about a certain object. Does this make a person evil or bad? Do I feel better for understanding more then most people do? No, it just is the way it is. It's not good nor bad, it just is.

This post has been edited by Sabazel: Dec 22 2005, 02:12 AM