This generally does not arise until the truth is revealed. Death is but an abstraction or concept, theoretically placed within the recesses of the psyche, until such time that one has the ability to reflect upon it. One cannot comprehend the finality of life until they have had a personal connection with the loss of a loved one. For me it was my mother at the age of 19. Think about the first time you were faced with death. How could I know that I was alive if I didn’t have something to compare it to? But on the same note, we could not understand life either. If everything lived indefinitely and never changed, we could not comprehend death at all. Everything would simply just be.ĭeath and Life also hold this very same Truth. If there was but one object within the entire universe, speed and distance would not exist at all. We need two points, not just one, to determine the rate of speed at which one object is moving which is always in relation to another. Looking at a game of chess or checkers, one can identify the importance of differentiation in relationship to meaning and value as it is the key strategy for both understanding and survival.Įven how we determine speed of a moving object involves opposites. Heads would have no distinguishing characteristics if there did not also exist its antecedent, tails. We could not know black without its pair, white. What’s peculiar about opposites is that they go together. Do you feel angry? Hurt? Does that rage still live inside you, where just a photograph of them can instill a deep sense of resentment that you can’t let go of?

It might be an ex-lover, a boss, or even an ex-best friend. Think about the one person in your life that has wronged you more than anyone.

What is the opposite of hate