The metaphysical framework positing that Light and Darkness are not merely metaphors for good and evil but cosmic principles—fundamental forces or aspects of reality that interplay in all existence. Light represents manifestation, form, clarity, differentiation; Darkness represents potential, formlessness, mystery, unity. Neither is good or evil; both are necessary. Creation is the interplay of Light and Darkness—Light giving form to what Darkness contains, Darkness receiving back what Light has formed. Destruction is the return—forms dissolving back into Darkness, Light withdrawing. In Light and Darkness Theory, spiritual growth is not about choosing Light over Darkness but about learning to dance with both—to manifest clearly while remaining grounded in mystery, to embrace form without losing touch with formlessness. The goal is not to escape Darkness but to integrate it, not to become pure Light but to become whole.
Example: "She'd always feared her own darkness—her anger, her grief, her shadow. Light and Darkness Theory taught her that darkness was not enemy but ground, not evil but depth. Her anger was energy; her grief was love with nowhere to go. She learned to dance with her darkness, not fight it, and found herself more whole. Light needed dark; she needed both."
by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 17, 2026
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