Dualism: see the positive side of negativity

From the origin of mankind, there are always two faces of anything. First, the good one: something which gives a feeling of joy, amusement, satisfaction and other, the bad: something contrast with good, spreading a feeling of agony, envy, and fear.

It is our conditioning to categorize everything as either good or bad, bright or dark, god or devil.

But I think sometimes, this scale is not helpful if you observe the world in a different way where good or bad is just situation-dependent scenarios.

Imagine having a paddy field that needs rain badly while another one has some other crop that will die if it rains. Now, if it rains, would it be good or bad?

There is no explanation of how something is defined as good or bad.

So, there are cases where good becomes evil and bad, becomes good.

But besides this philosophical gossip, could negativity be helpful to us? Can we use dark energy for our betterment?

Dualism: see the positive side of negativity

What is dark energy? :-

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In simple words, anything that gives you pain and dissatisfaction is dark energy. You lose an amount, a death of beloved, heartbreak, someone's progress, who you think is lower than you makes you envy are all examples of the dark energy.

Like positivity (Bright energy), negativity (dark energy) also lies within us. When we feel it, we simply discover it within our hearts and soul.

How we see it:-

You may have felt or heard about the bad phase of life. Often we hear that he/she is suffering badly. He/she is going through his/her bad phase of life.

This is how dark energy affects us. It ruins our mental peace, makes us devastated and withdrawn. Everything good feels like a mirage that is never going to happen to us again. We fall in a loop of sorrow and pain.

Obviously, nobody wants to feel it. Right? 

But these states of discomfort are merely the results. Negativity did not lead you to this phase. We begin anything for positive results, not for failure but if we fail, we simply blame dark energy.

Oh, the omens were not good from the beginning, I had a gut feeling towards this, the devil made me do this or any other excuse, which we give to ourselves and the world, points towards the dark side, directly or indirectly.

The dualism:-

Dualism is showing equality towards both faces of the coin, considering both the good and the evil through the same eye. Hindu and Chinese cultures show a firm belief in dualism.

Not only for good and evil but dualism can also be seen in every aspect of life. Nature loves symmetry and makes either side equally important.

Shiva-Shakti or Chinese Yin-Yang shows how good and evil are originated from each other, how male is incomplete without female, how black is originated from white, and vice versa.

Actually, dualism gives us a path to see the world neutrally.

But why do we need dualism?

The answer is simple, for redemption. Let's see how.

Situation 1:-

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You are madly in love with someone. Winds are sweeter than ever for you. Both of you are making promises of a golden future to each other where everything will be divine.

Small talks have become an hour-long conversation. Her/his voice takes you to another world where everything is just perfect. You plan spending whole life with her/him because this is what they say, the perfect match.

You both have some things in common, some in contrast. But it's ok because this is how a relationship works.

You don't know how she/he has become so important to you that you have even acquired habits from her/him. You push your limits.

No sorrow, no guilts, only love and joy. If heaven exists then this is it.

But the situation slowly changes.

You gradually find that those promises were nothing but words. You were living a false life and your existence never mattered for other person.

This was a paradigm shift. This was not what you were expecting. You were there for good, for positive results then why is it happening to you?

Everything was at its best so why it's falling down now. Dreams are now shattered and you know now, that you were being cheated.

Now, there is nothing to do.

Whom will you blame?

Yourself ? for being an emotional moron?

But you did your best. So is it your goodness that led you to a path of sorrow?

Think for a moment. Now, most people will feel a stream of rage mixed with pain. But this is not who you are. You will show them, how strong are you. Whatever it takes, you will rise again and shine. The lava of anger is flowing through your veins but, here it changes the situation.

You were the prey after what had happened but the pain and anger, the proverbial devilish sentiments, are now taking care of you. They are the ones who give you a razor sharped goal, a path that will take you out of this rock bottom state. Of course, I am talking about revenge but hey, this is the best possible way to do it, draw a line longer than the previous one.

In this case, these good sentiments let you down while the evil ones, are helping you to rise again.

Don't you think so?

Situation 2:-

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You are born in an average cum poor family where things are not as easy as they seem. You see your parents struggling for little things, which is not worth it. 

Society is notorious for its actions and this is what you feel every single day. Things are getting harder as the expenditures are growing.

You are even deprived of some basic things which are so common that nobody talks about them. Life is hard and you feel it with every single fiber of your existence. If something good goes to happen, somehow the situation changes, and results are again the same, futile.

But there is an urge that provokes you every day to break the boundaries. You feel that you are the one, who will bring freedom and prosperity. Yes, you are the savior. You have to be because there is only one lifeline in this game and you can't restart it.

This can be considered as motivation but what nobody sees, is the feeling which is the base of this motivation. There is nothing like happiness or joy, there are simply tears and unspoken pain, the long sleepless night when everybody other was sleeping peacefully.

Take any example and you will find that it was the negativity that led the bearer to a path of light. Envy is evil but this is the root of competition. Death, separation is not a good situation but it shows the true essence of closeness. Heartbreaks are fatal but they groom you from inside, you learn to become you, independent and complete.

Conclusion:-

We need dualism to see how can we modify the negative feelings for our purpose. Bad emotions are no doubt harmful but they are more like creators, making our stable by punishing us.

They are not merely motivation but are a fire that keeps burning inside you, that gives you your purpose, that brings the most out of you.

And this is the key. Negativity is not something to worry about, cope up with it, feel the fire, break the threshold and let it flow through your brain to get a better picture.

This is, I think the power of dark energy: the positive side of negativity.

Remember, there is always black inside the white and white inside the black.