One sees that all explicit opposites are implicit allies—correlative in the sense that they "gowith" each other and cannot exist apart. This, rather than any miasmic absorption of differences into acontinuum of ultimate goo, is the metaphysical unity underlying the world. For this unity is not mere one-ness as opposed to multiplicity, since these two terms are themselves polar. The unity, or inseparability, of one and many is therefore referred to in Vedanta philosophy as "nonduality" (advaita) to distinguish it from simple uniformity.


p. 107-108 - The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are (1966)

Alan Watts Quotes

One sees that all explicit opposites are implicit allies—correlative in the sense that they gowith each other and cannot exist apart. This, rather...

One sees that all explicit opposites are implicit allies—correlative in the sense that they gowith each other and cannot exist apart. This, rather...

One sees that all explicit opposites are implicit allies—correlative in the sense that they gowith each other and cannot exist apart. This, rather...

One sees that all explicit opposites are implicit allies—correlative in the sense that they gowith each other and cannot exist apart. This, rather...