technomage
Finding my own way
OK, let me in advance apologize if this is not terribly clear. I'm having a bit of a rough day with the fibromyalgia, so coherence isn't my strong suit. The LHP/RHP dichotomy as I use the terms comes more from the Western Occult Tradition than from Tantra or Hinduism.
LHP and RHP are opposites. One of the most obvious examples is that RHP works within traditionalism, while LHP is iconoclastic. RHP looks to a community-orientation, LHP looks to a self-orientation. Other opposites include cooperation-competition, creation-destruction, even the overly simplified light-dark axis.
RHP/LHP is not, in and of itself, an axis of opposites. Rather, it is a method of categorization, and as such is a reification of reality--but it must be remembered that the map is not the territory.
For my own view, emphasis solely on LHP or on RHP is out of balance. Yes, it's all well and good to revere life, but life without death would rapidly become very unhealthy.
Sorry ... as I said, it's not very coherent. Probably time for me to head to bed.
LHP and RHP are opposites. One of the most obvious examples is that RHP works within traditionalism, while LHP is iconoclastic. RHP looks to a community-orientation, LHP looks to a self-orientation. Other opposites include cooperation-competition, creation-destruction, even the overly simplified light-dark axis.
RHP/LHP is not, in and of itself, an axis of opposites. Rather, it is a method of categorization, and as such is a reification of reality--but it must be remembered that the map is not the territory.
For my own view, emphasis solely on LHP or on RHP is out of balance. Yes, it's all well and good to revere life, but life without death would rapidly become very unhealthy.
Sorry ... as I said, it's not very coherent. Probably time for me to head to bed.