What does it mean to encompass all opposites within oneself?
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"To encompass all opposites within yourself is to embrace your totality, allowing love and hate, creation and destruction, to coexist; in this acceptance, the devil dissolves into the divine."
According to Osho, to encompass all opposites is to accept your totality—love and hate, creation and destruction, ‘devil’ and divine—without denial or inner war. When every part is welcomed as a fragment of the whole, the divisive ‘devil’ dissolves into the divine. Acceptance integrates destructive energy into creative purpose, ending inner conflict and allowing a balanced, loving, and whole presence to blossom.
Welcome every part of yourself, and the ‘bad’ melts into the good, leaving you peaceful and whole.
Why this matters practically
• Reduces inner conflict and self-sabotage by ending the fight with disowned parts.
• Transforms anger and hate into constructive, creative action.
• Brings steadiness in relationships through balanced, compassionate responses.
• Transforms anger and hate into constructive, creative action.
• Brings steadiness in relationships through balanced, compassionate responses.
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