I transcend the limitations of duality.....
Life/death? Masculine/feminine?
Anyone who has gone into the flames and been touched by the Goddess knows the many deaths the ego has to undergo in order to experience the uniqueness in oneself and in others.
Learning to love is a lifelong task. Only in an eternal moment can we experience our true identity. As we begin to understand who we are, we can begin to see the essence of others, an essence that is uniquely lovable.
Leaving duality means living in paradox. Paradox is the core of wisdom and the core of the Goddess. Wisdom holds the balance of life/death, mind/body, masculine/feminine. By holding the balance of both, she allows them to transform into something new.
Paradox, presence, and process are words we associate with the Goddess, she who 'renews everything while herself perduring'.
This is the judgment of [the Egyptian Goddess] Maat. She does not assign any judgment or rewards for keeping rules or practices. She weighs the heart. If the heart is in balance, the process will continue. On whichever side of her scale we are trapped, we must start again painfully from there. In the Old Testament, she is Wisdom. She is the supreme treasure.
From Dancing in the Flames, by Marion Woodman, page 86.
