I personally feel it is the constant struggle between our spiritual self and our natural self. (Bear with me I am trying to sound intelligent. I may, in fact, have no idea what I am saying).
2007-11-28 03:46:25 · 27 answers · asked by plastik punk -Bottom Contributor 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
of course there is duality. right and wrong. night and day. freedom of choice. irony. its inevitable. who you were yesterday may not be who you are today. you may want to save the world and kill all the terrorists. thats the duality of man. the understanding that you may, in all honesty, feel two or more ways about a situation. do you believe in god. not sure? thats duality. "i do but i dont."
2007-11-28 03:52:14 · answer #1 · answered by aaron c 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, I think your right. It's the difference between knowing what to do and how to do it (at least for the most part) and then actually doing it. It's important to try to gain self-mastery over those things that bring duality to us, but in many cases it may not be possible. My own thought is that Paul's thorn was his struggle with his duality. It doesn't really matter what exactly caused him duality, the fact remains that it existed in him too. I think that there are some struggles that were designed especially for us that we can conquer - some easily, others with time and dedication, but others that are supposed to be with us for life, just as Paul's thorn was. The point with those we are never meant to subdue is to always strive to overcome them. We (or at least I) learn so much from the striving that helps in other aspects of life.
... sorry, I sort of got off track there.
2007-11-28 11:57:12 · answer #2 · answered by Tonya in TX - Duck 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I do think that spiritual side of us is in constant battle with the human in us. We have been made from a higher power so we long to be with our maker.But yet we are here on earth so we also try to live our days out in a place where we are being temped, mocked at for believe in god when everyone says I can't see him so he does not exist while we do see him because we have been chosen maybe or God has lifted the veil away from our eyes so that we can see him and know him, Because we want to know him and we believe in God. So he believes in us also. Theres a better home a waiting in the sky lord in the sky. Nice song for you to hear.. God Bless you.
2007-11-28 11:54:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You actually are sounding like you know what you are talking about. Our human nature calls for us to want immediate gratification while our spiritual self seeks a higher understanding and the meaning of life (why are we here anyway type thing). Part of us wants to be good, but it's so much more fun to be bad. We are a mess!
2007-11-28 11:50:42 · answer #4 · answered by RT 66 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
There seem to be many good answers:
- spiritual and physical
- good and evil
- nature and nurture
- our strengths and weaknesses
- acting and being acted upon
- heart and mind (feelings and reason)
I've given a good deal of thought to the last one. There are many examples of being deceived by giving too much credence to either your feelings or your reason. The best approach is to value and use both together.
2007-11-28 14:00:32 · answer #5 · answered by Bryan Kingsford 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Curious that you put this question under "religion" as opposed to "philosophy". You took an otherwise innocuous question, and turned it into a battleground for religious proponents. Was your question meant to be as innocent as it seems, or did you want to provoke the fervently religious among us? I noticed your use of the adjectives "spiritual" and "natural" add fuel to the fire (i.e., godliness versus man's baser instincts). As such, I wonder what your true agenda was.
Regardless, this question is too vague, as shown by the above answers which span a number of philosophies, and I, for one, will not be drawn into your little "trap". Nice try, though!
2007-11-28 16:03:25 · answer #6 · answered by skaizun 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The duality of man is a Jungian concept. Carl Jung wrote about it and studied it in his psychotherapy patients. I see it as an internal struggle between the light and dark sides of the human psche.
2007-11-28 11:51:36 · answer #7 · answered by The Godless Heathen 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Duality is an illusion. Any struggles are three dimensional, not just two. We are much more complex and multicausal. By focusing on a black-or-white struggle, you end up narrowing your awareness away from a real and genuine picture of reality.
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2007-11-28 11:51:20 · answer #8 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I will take this occassion to say that I agree with you and thank you for the 2 points --
and punk - your moments of inanity and insanity are still more intelligent than a truly frightening percentage of characters which frequent this forum -- and i love your sense of humor... too bad you're too young for me
2007-11-28 21:39:04 · answer #9 · answered by strplng warrior mom 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is the mind, which is weak. It constantly second guesses itself. Our spirit can mitigate the damage some; strengthening of the spirit can give us the strength to become decisive, but the mind will always second guess itself. The strength of the spirit is in its ability to get us to ignore one choice or the other.
2007-11-28 11:56:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋