In your experience, does everything contain all other things? Or, does every manifestation of reality reflect all other manifestations of reality?

Two Sides of a Coin that does not Exist

All things reflect, interpenetrate, and indeed contain all other things. This is the organic nature of the universe, and is called mutual interdependence in classical Buddhism. Affinity and coincidence are its surface manifestations . . . the other is no other than myself. This is the foundation of the precepts and the inspiration for genuine human behavior.

To acknowledge one’s own dark side with a smile and to acknowledge the shining side of the other person with a smile—this is practice. Keeping the shining side of one’s self always in view and holding fast to the dark side of the other—this is not practice.,

—Robert Aitken, Encouraging Words