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[[File:Yinyang2.png|200px|thumbnail|right|In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang, are concepts used to describe how apparently opposite or contrary forces are actually complementary, interconnected and interdependent in the natural world.]] | [[File:Yinyang2.png|200px|thumbnail|right|In Chinese philosophy, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang yin and yang], are concepts used to describe how apparently opposite or contrary forces are actually complementary, interconnected and interdependent in the natural world.]] | ||
'''Feelings of interdependent opposites''' (also known as '''feelings of duality''') can be described as a state of mind that often accompanies [[Cognitive effects: Ego suppression, loss and death|ego death]]. It is a powerful sensation in which one sees, understands and physically feels that reality is based upon a system in which the existence or identity of all concepts and situations depend on the co-existence of at least two conditions which are opposite to each other, yet dependent on one another by presupposing each other as logically necessary equivalents. | '''Feelings of interdependent opposites''' (also known as '''feelings of duality''') can be described as a state of mind that often accompanies [[Cognitive effects: Ego suppression, loss and death|ego death]]. It is a powerful sensation in which one sees, understands and physically feels that reality is based upon a system in which the existence or identity of all concepts and situations depend on the co-existence of at least two conditions which are opposite to each other, yet dependent on one another by presupposing each other as logically necessary equivalents. | ||