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?

I am sure ut is fun to debate and counter-debate these topics. Personally I am not very interested in this level of philisophical debate. Eastern vs Western thought... look where Zen ended up, with the samurai hacking passing peasants to death just to test a blade. Look where Nietzsche got us, gas chambers.

If you want to sit around and deny that good and evil exist then so be it. If I sound negative then so be it. This is just so much mental masturbation at the end of the day, and that is pretty much what the internet now exists for.

The teachings are flawless in most cases. However people interpetate them differently and act according to their own view on that teaching. People don't seem to be able to cope with a certain amount of responsibility and hide behind the teachings and their own interpetations of it.

Take the bible for excample. How many wars weren't started because of the many interpetations possible? Same for the qo'ran.

In todays society when something is offered for free people will take it. No matter what it is and if they need it. They take it because it is free. Greed and lack of respect to others. I would not take it i'f I don't need it. If I did need it I would give something in return to the provider, no matter how insignificant it may seem to outsiders. But this is more worthy in a debate about "comunities" and such.