Taoism is known for using metaphor, paradox, and dualities to express the natural world and the natural order of reality. Sometimes people find it confusing trying to understand the relationship between, for example, ‘good’ and ‘bad’ within the relative nature of the universe as described in the Tao Te Ching.

The mutually arising duality in this context of this episode is humility and egocentricity. Human behaviours like egocentricity and self-importance, when taken to the extreme, have created every inequality imaginable.

The Duality of Leadership and Politics.

Some politicians are exceptional leaders. Others put themselves into the position of politics for self-aggrandizement, personal gain, power and control. Trump has assumed the later and is an example of someone who is a significant danger to an equanimous and peaceful humanity.

Read the article on the Ascent on Medium:

Radical Humility: An Antidote to Donald Trump's Arrogance and Self-Importance.

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