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Originally Posted by shnu  Right. The Daoist ideal of wuwei appears inconsistent with polarisation. | It seems to me that Daoists have polarised to a third alternative option (wu wei). They certainly aren't oscillating back and forth in indecision like you'd expect of "NPCs" - they are intently focussed on an indivisible "true north" polarity, just not one that falls under "self" or "other".
In fact, it seems to me that anything that can be seen as "the meaning of life" could serve as a focus of polarisation.
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When people see things as beautiful, ugliness is created.
When people see things as good, evil is created.
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