A terrific parable by Joseph Campbell (Power of Myth) on
humanity and transcendence, on the singularity and dualities:
"There is a wonderful story of the deity, of the Self
that said, 'I am.' As soon as it said 'I am,' it was *afraid*. It was an entity
now, in time. Then it thought, 'What should I be afraid of, I'm the only thing
that there is.' And as soon as it said that, it felt *lonesome*, and wished
that there were another, and so it felt *desire*. It swelled, split in two,
became male and female, and begot the world."
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