"Only people who first choose 'dualistically' for the Big Picture, the life adventure, the journey with God, eventually proceed to non-dual thinking or 'mercy.' Sort of a paradox, isn't it? You need both to the full distance. Clear choice and decision gets you started, aims you on the right course, and then if you stay on it, that very path will open you up to subtlety, nuance, shadow, contradictions, inconsistencies, brokenness, and variance in almost everything. One soon realizes that what Jesus said is indeed true: Nothing is entirely good except God alone (see Mark 10:18). The choice for this all-good God allows us, ironically, to deal victoriously with non-goodness."
~from Wondrous Encounters by Richard Rohr
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