What The Heck is Duality? What do the following pairs have in common? -female/male, dark/light, body/mind, soft/hard,  wet/dry, hot/cold, black/white, tall/short,  night/day., easy/hard. Sure- we consider them opposites of each other, right? That’s what we were taught. Antonyms.  Poles apart. In philosophy and theology, they make up the concept of duality which says that the world is ruled by the antagonistic forces of good and evil, and that humans have two basic natures, the physical and the spiritual. Is the god the source, or is the god a human manner of conceiving of the force and energy that supports the world? In our tradition God is a male. This male and female differentiation is made, however, within the field of time and space, the field of duality. If God is beyond duality, you cannot say that God is a “He.” You cannot say God is a “She.” You cannot say God is an “It.”  ― Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor Polar opposites… But are they really? Is there such a thing as darkness, or is it merely lack of light.  What about soft/hard.  Take an egg.  Isn’t it the amount of time it is in boiling water that makes it soft or hard boiled?  And cold is a lack of heat, tall and short just a matter…….