Article that I wrote for a content site but it's too theoretical for them so I just post it here.
There are a few concepts in mainstream consciousness that deal with the inherent duality of our reality to some extent. Sayings such as "two sides of the same coin" encapsulate to a degree the notion of this fundamental truth of existence. This article aims to take a deeper dive into this concept, and by doing so, hopefully shed some light on the construct that is our mind. In Hermetic Gnosticism we can find the 7 Hermetic Principles which tell us of 7 principles present throughout reality. In this article we set out to explore one of them more in depth, namely the Principle of Polarity, which states that; "Everything is Dual and has poles or opposites. Opposites are identical in nature but different in degree." For a first example, consider hot and cold. Two states we perceive to be opposites, to be different from each other, to be incompatible with each other. However as we examine these ideas, we can quickly realize that it's impossible for us to find a defi