Bringing Duality and Oneness Into Accord

It is easy for the dualistic mind to invent constructs to justify its various positions. The acid test is to see whether those constructs contradict holistic thought.

On the level of interaction, this question occurs as "you AND me" vs "you OR me." On the level of brain function, we can look to see whether something (such as a piece of music, for instance) satisfies us intellectually as well as emotionally.

We can also look to see whether something is out of balance. Labels exist for individuals who fall on either side of the center line. "Emotionally Unavailable" vs "Drama Queen" are two that come to mind.

While we're at it, we can examine the notions preponderance and deficiency. Many Westerners misunderstand Yin and Yang as feminine and masculine principles and think about them as extremes on a continuum...but they are not. If we instead think of Yin and Yang as aspects present in all things at the simplest level corresponding to "capacity to contain moisture" vs "capacity to dispel moisture" we might obtain a closer translation. We can also see that rather than being positions on a continuum, Yin and Yang can be present in varying amounts:

Weak Yin / Weak Yang
Weak Yin / Strong Yang
Strong Yin / Weak Yang
Strong Yin / Strong Yang

To apply this thinking to dualistic thinking in general, we can see that we can start to regard perceived polarities as capacities instead.