The Dance Of Opposites: Ancient Wisdon For Promoting Health And Happiness In The Here And Now

by Scarfalloto, Rudy

• ISBN13: 9781594535468
• ISBN10: 1594535469
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-30
• Publisher: Airleaf

Summary

The Dance of Opposites explores how opposites interact within the individual, relationships and society. The principles described within this book have remarkably broad applications - emotional healing, addictions, rejuvenation of the body, enhanced creativity and conflict resolution on the interpersonal level as well as larger social levels. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
Foreword	p. xv
Not Just Apples & Oranges	p. 1
Understanding the Dance	p. 5
Duality & Singularity	p. 13
Old Brain & New Brain	p. 17
Pleasure & Pain	p. 23
Fear & Desire	p. 30
Creativity	p. 35
Doing & Being	p. 40
Purity & Fullness	p. 44
Laughing and Crying	p. 48
Pride & Humility	p. 51
Clean & Dirty	p. 54
Giving & Receiving	p. 57
Holding on & Letting Go	p. 61
Speaking & Silence	p. 64
Conscious & Unconscious	p. 68
Judgment	p. 72
Justify & Condemn	p. 78
Why We Argue	p. 81
Will & Feeling	p. 85
Thoughts & Emotions	p. 96
Intellect & Intuition	p. 105
Love	p. 109
Truth	p. 112
Evil Spirits & Troubled Mind	p. 119
Sanity	p. 123
Austerity & Wild Abandonment	p. 127
Fasting & Feasting	p. 131
Vegetarian & Carnivore	p. 135
Male & Female	p. 138
Mother & Father	p. 144
Child & Adult	p. 149
Time	p. 152
Birth & Death	p. 155
Power	p. 158
Responsibility & Freedom	p. 163
Be Your Brother's Keeper & Mind Your Own business	p. 167
Sex	p. 170
Self-Defense	p. 178
War & Peace	p. 182
The Serpent & the Dove	p. 187
Separateness & Unity	p. 190
Dependent & Independent	p. 194
Uniqueness & Sameness	p. 197
Equality	p. 200
Rebellion & Conformity	p. 203
Forgiveness	p. 209
Hero & Villain	p. 214
The Martyr	p. 217
Flesh & Spirit	p. 222
Gilgamesh & Enkidu	p. 227
The Vampire	p. 230
Saint Francis	p. 236
Change It & Let It Be	p. 240
Positive & Negative	p. 245
Order & Chaos	p. 251
Choice & Destiny	p. 254
Choice, destiny and Prophecy	p. 259
Known & Unknown	p. 265
Darkness & Light	p. 268
Agnostic & Religious	p. 273
God	p. 277
Christian & Pagan	p. 283
Remembering & Forgetting	p. 287
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