As it is One Life, everything is always present. Everything and everyone live One Life with shadow and light everywhere. For every shadow, there is light and brilliance. Everything is alive, arising and dissolving in the rhythm of life.

Everyone has challenges, and everyone has gifts. You cannot avoid your challenges, nor can you hold on to your gifts. One Life unfolds in an unknowable fashion, and you perceive what you cannot know as shadow and light.

You perceive appearances — a subject viewing an object. You compare everything you think, see, hear, taste, smell, and feel. Among those comparisons are many stories developed over many lifetimes, elaborating on the impressions of the world of duality.