The principle of polarity describes that everything manifested has two aspects, a pair of opposites with innumerable degrees between both extremes. One exists because the other exists, both give meaning to each other and make up a reality that goes beyond its manifestations. Find out more in this podcast:
The idea of “polarity” summarizes the situation that occurs when we are faced with options that we consider exclusive —or this or that— just as happens with the poles of a magnet: the irreconcilable difference between the sign (+) and the sign (-). Discover how to apply this concept to the cultural idea of ”good” and “evil” in this video with Enric Corbera.
By integrating the polarities we can experience another reality, which is not defined by our positioning, but by a decision free of conditions. What opposites do you experience in your life?
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What is polarity?
The idea of “polarity” summarizes the situation that occurs when we are faced with options that we consider exclusive —either this or that— just as happens with the poles of a magnet: the irreconcilable difference between the sign (+) and the sign (-).
The principle of polarity
The principle of polarity describes that a pair of opposites with innumerable degrees between both extremes.
As explained in the Kybalion, a book on the fundamental teachings of all philosophical systems: “everything is dual; everything has poles; everything, its pair of opposites; similar and different are the same; opposites are identical in nature, differing only in degree; ends meet; all truths are half-truths, all paradoxes can be reconciled.
Polarity on the physical plane
To create matter, positive and negative elements are needed. If we look at the physical plane, we realize that heat and cold are of the same nature and their difference consists in a simple matter of degrees. The very words “up” and “down” are nothing more than poles of the same aspect; It is the same with east and west, light and dark, east and west, big and small, noise and silence.
One exists because the other exists, both give meaning to each other and make up a reality that goes beyond its manifestations.
Emotional and Mental Polarities
The same happens on the mental and emotional level. Love and hate are considered diametrically opposed, completely different and irreconcilable. If we apply the Polarity Principlewe will find that there is no absolute love or absolute hate, there are many degrees of love and hate, and there is also an intermediate point where they are mixed in such a way that it is impossible to distinguish them.
The same could be said of courage and cowardice or introversion and extroversion. Pairs of opposites exist everywhere. Where we find one thing, we will also find its opposite: the two poles.
The dual manifestation of reality allows us to move from one emotional state to another. These states are purely a matter of degrees, and when verifying the fact, you will be able to raise your inner vibrations at will, changing their polarity, becoming master of your own thoughts, instead of being a slave and servant. Thus, when we define ourselves in one polarity or another we will always be inaccurate and unfair to ourselves.
There is no absolute state. No one is “fun” or “boring”, no one is a “good” or “bad” person, we are all beings who transit polarities. Therefore, the less we categorize ourselves, the more flexibility and freedom we will have to adapt to what happens to us.
polarities in relationships
A clear example about polarities Are the . We think we are separate from the world and from other people, but we are not. Everything attracts in the world, everything is interrelated.
The polarities are united in an apparent separation. A woman would not know that she is a woman if there were no man. We don’t have any conflict with our partner. The way to know the problem we have is to explain the problem that the other has, our polarity. All the poles, although they are opposite, are essentially the same.
Within our family, in sentimental relationships, the work group or we all manifest polarities that have to be balanced in a process called homeostasis.. Our positioning influences and determines that of others.
For example, your degree of submission will influence the degree of domination of those around you, your degree of responsibility may influence the irresponsibility of others, etc… By balancing your polarities you can influence and alter the positioning of the system.
The integration of polarities
The incompatibility between the polarities It makes the person have the feeling that they cannot simultaneously achieve the objectives that each of these parts seeks. These are always beliefs about mutually exclusive behaviors, at least apparently.
Example: “You can’t maintain your weight and eat sweets.”
This form of intrapersonal conflict occurs when various aspects or “parts” of a person inspire or guide behaviors that are exclusive. As the physicist Niels Bohr states “There are two kinds of truth. In superficial truth, the opposite of a true statement is false. In the deepest kind of truth, the opposite of a true statement is equally true.”
In ® transcendence is considered as the integration of opposites. Our state of consciousness is projected into the world and we can recognize it through the polarities. It is the excess of polarization that produces the conflict, since the person cannot find his own center.
“The path to enlightenment lies in the middle between all the opposites.”
Buddha.
By leaving duality, by reunifying the polarities, we can experience another reality, which is not defined by our position, but by a decision free of conditioning factors.
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