Most of us are trained in dualistic thinking. Our education prepares us to think dualistically—either this or that, either right or wrong, either in or out, either off or on, either black or white, either good or evil, and so on ad infinitum. I believe that this kind of thinking serves many functions in this system. The first is to oversimplify a very complex world, thereby giving us the illusion of control over what is in fact a universe in process. When we think we can break something that has many complex facets into two clear dimensions, it feeds our illusion of control.
