As we work to tend to the poles of opposites, we spend a lot of time traversing the pathways between two points. Well-trodden paths are comfortable; we know their contours and remember where the ups and downs are. My feet can take me from my bed to the bathroom even if I am still half asleep!
Really Somewhere, Not Really Anywhere
Modern scientists, especially in the field of quantum physics, are addressing some of life’s big questions in ways similar to theologians: What are the laws of nature? How do we deal with our lack of knowledge when paradox confronts us, when we are no longer certain of what we thought we knew?
Fractal and Whole
If being torn describes our sense of two-ness at the personal level, and being ripped apart aptly names our sense of two-ness at the interpersonal level, then being divided addresses our sense of two-ness at the societal level.
