*OPPOSITE - also see YIN/YANG, TAOISM, POLARITY
In Buddhism the Middle Path stands for the embracing of opposites. (Further, p168)
The devil sends errors into the world in pairs - pairs of opposites. But do not be fooled, keep your eyes on the goal and go striaght through between both errors. (Mere Christianity, p160)
Reconciling opposites in endless harmony, the seasons turn and the cycle begins again. Wth these alternations flows the rhythm of nature, combining polarities, creating new life from dynamic opposition. (Tao Peace, p136)
God knew that for love to exist - and to know itself as pure love - its exact opposite had to exist as well. In the moment fear existed, love could exist as a thing that could be experienced. It is this creation of duality between love and its opposite that various mythologies refer to the birth of evil, the fall of Adam, the rebellion of Satan, and so forth. Within the realm of the [relative world], nonthing conceptualized can exist without a conceptualization of its opposite. (Conversations, p24,31)
Being and non-being create each other. Difficult and easy support each other. Long and short define each other. High and low depend on each other. Before and after follow each other. The Tao doesn't take sides; it gives birth to both good and evil. (Taoism, Wisdom, p161)