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The MasTer responds To seeker InquIrIes 12

There just seems to be a visible dissension toward all things
spiritual, and I was wondering how you view the many de-
tractors and angry critics in the world today?

A. This is a good question, and it is one that many
other spiritual seekers have both considered and anguished
over. But in truth, we must be realistic about all of the op-
position within the world, for it is prevalent in all quarters,
not just in the religious or spiritual arenas. There are con-
stant conflicts between husbands and wives, children and
parents, morality and immorality, good and bad, positive
and negative, democrats and republicans, and between one
belief and another. all of this simply points to the raging
conflict between the opposing forces of duality.
We live in a dual world, and everything within it has
a distinct opposite, a direct polarity, all for the purpose of
maintaining a workable balance in all realms of the crea-
tion. humankind is not sufficiently evolved to the point
where each and every person can induce a balanced re-
sponse to the experiences they encounter, and so the overall
“dual life force” must administer this balance upon the
world and those who inhabit it. rather than being overly
sensitive when viewing all of this and seeing it as unpar-
donable, unnecessary, or even as an unbearable burden to
shoulder, it should simply be viewed as inevitable, for it is
part and parcel of our ephemeral and warring universe.
There will always be individuals who are either for or
against, partial or impartial, and they will relate to their own
point of view as the highest of all, freely passing judgment
on others and asserting themselves in ways that are per-
fectly acceptable to them, although not to others. detractors
come in all shapes and sizes: some are disgruntled former
students of various paths; some are religious zealots who
are offended that their own unique belief system is not