Need for Dichotomy:

Need for Dichotomy:

Is good without evil even a possibility 

Forgiveness instead of retribution

Fairs sky absent stormy weather

Peace minus the advent of war

Agreement sans debate

Pleasure without pain

Light with no dark

Early and not late

Love without hate

If so how would we know what they are

and how could they then be measured

or understood without the experience.

Reviews

[Lorry]

Left to our own declines, we would find a difference in others to make ourselves feel superior and excude that difference until there were two tribes fighting for a long forgotten reason, that teaches each new generation mistrust of others and to never leave the safety of your tribe.
Sound a bit familiar?
If there wasn't any differences, it wouldn't be long before we found one.
History is just a way to give us old ideas and change them into new ways to make mistakes.

[carl]

thanks for the read and review - your comments made me think of the song _ One Tin Soldier - always thought it was a pretty accurate portrait of humanity. superior and inferior another Dichotomy could we know one without the other but must we punish or be punished depending on where we or others are positioned or can humility reign - yes I think it can when I consider Gandhi or Mother Teresa or Jesus of Nazareth - I just feel we cannot ignore their presence and in my wondering about the need for dichotomy. again thanks for your insight and comments. -carl

[John the Baptist]

Good point made here. If the entire world was blue, there would be no blue. You must have contrast.