"Moving Beyond Duality" exposes our damaging, dualistic habits of "us" versus "them" and provides strategies for re-wiring how we engage with the world, both human and nonhuman
Are you free of prejudice? Less than five percent of us are because of the pervasiveness of dualistic, "us"/"them" thinking. In "Moving Beyond Duality," Dr. Riddle draws on research from quantum physics, the life sciences, and the social sciences to describe our actual dynamic energetic reality and expose the unconscious habits that hold the harmful illusion of duality in place. She shows how we depersonalize ourselves and others (including nonhumans) through bigotry, dismissiveness, stereotyping, and objectification. Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience, she clarifies that good intentions are not enough to counter embedded habits. And she provides a series of practical strategies and exercises to uncover depersonalizing habits and create lasting change.
"Moving Beyond Duality" reminds us that it is relationship and connectedness that define us—whether by their absence or their richness. We are all—human and nonhuman alike—part of the cosmic sea of energy that is the One Life, cherished in our diversity.
Excerpt
Why move beyond duality, or the experience of our reality as a contrast of two parts or sides? Isn’t duality a given in our universe? We talk about being right or wrong, being for or against an issue, being in or out of a group. It is easy to divide our lives into two categories. Dualistic thinking is familiar and takes little effort.
Actually, duality is not a given. It is a construct, a low‐effort conceptual framework we use to make sense of our experience and of our complex universe. It is an assumption that we make, a habit of thinking or perceiving that we have collectively accepted as reality. It feels true because we create two category distinctions (either/or) so frequently. We forget that we are the ones who create the categories. We are the ones who choose to limit those categories to two.
Professional Reviews
Moving Beyond Duality
“Moving Beyond Duality is a must-read for those who seek to effect change in business, politics, and through NGOs. Those with open hearts and minds will be well served by this deep and nuanced discussion of why humans behave as they do, along with guidance and practices for waking up to do better..”
Moving Beyond Duality
“A manifesto and manual for readers looking to expand their capacities for kindness and mindfulness while also minimizing harm in the world at large….Whether readers agree or disagree with her arguments, there’s no dispute over the book’s strengths as a work of scholarship. It’s fully grounded in both theory and observation, drawing on a wide range of published research, and its fully developed, coherent arguments are likely to find even skeptics in agreement with some elements. Overall, readers will acknowledge that this is a timely contribution to the national discussion of privilege, prejudice, and making the world a better place.
A thoroughly researched argument for a nonbinary approach to understanding the world that’s likely to find both fervent adherents and strong critics.”
Moving Beyond Duality
“Moving Beyond Duality is a thorough, well-researched and approachable project that sagely weaves examples from a variety of fields, from social sciences and life sciences to quantum physics, neuroscience and the Ageless Wisdom teachings. In addition, as with the previous two volumes, this one includes practical and tested exercises designed to help readers apply concepts in their everyday lives.…This, her most recent book—and hopefully not the last—comes at the right time, a moment of unprecedented global crisis that is questioning the meaning of exclusionary boundaries. This is clear in the increasing awareness and confrontational public debate regarding the refugee crisis, the push to stop domestic violence against women, and accelerating legal actions regarding the personhood of animals. This book resonates with the equally loud cry for freedom and an end to poverty and all manifestations of the horrifying illusion of “us” against “them” that has historically engendered violence.”
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