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{{Quote|I maintain nonetheless that yin-yang dualism can be overcome. With sufficient enlightenment we can give substance to any distinction: mind without body, north without south, pleasure without pain. Remember, enlightenment is a function of willpower, not of physical strength.|Chairman Shen Ji Yang (Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri)}}
{{Quote|I maintain nonetheless that yin-yang dualism can be overcome. With sufficient enlightenment we can give substance to any distinction: mind without body, north without south, pleasure without pain. Remember, enlightenment is a function of willpower, not of physical strength.|Chairman Shen Ji Yang (Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri)}}
[[File:Ajimu_Najimi_(Medaka_Box)_They_are_all_the_same.jpg|thumb|right|400px|[[Ajimu Najimi]] dualistic distinctions are meaningless, and opposites are all the same, as in her perspective, they are all nothing more than ink on a page]]
==Background==
'''Nondualism''' means "not two" or "one undivided without a second". Nondualism primarily refers to a mature state of consciousness, in which the dichotomy of I-other is "transcended", and awareness is described as "centerless" and "without dichotomies". Although this state of consciousness may seem to appear spontaneous, it usually follows prolonged preparation through ascetic or meditative/contemplative practice, which may include ethical injunctions. Nondualism varies considerably on context and spans many different defintions. To fit nondualism here it is simply required for a character be in a state of either not being bound by [[Duality Manipulation|duality]], being true oneness, embodying both sides of the duality at once, essentially making you undivided, or transcending dualities.


==Summary==
==Notes==
'''Transduality''' is defined as "transcendence in relation to duality". If we consider reality as a binary code, where the state of being is 1, and the state of non-being is 0, then a trans-dualistic being does not fit into the code itself (it can be either a code that is different from 1 and 0, or simply the lack of 1 and 0), remaining outside the realm of duality. Beyond being and non-being, regardless of yin and yang, outside of all forms of binary logic and is independent of them. Nondual/Transdual characters are usually characterized as very powerful transcendental and abstract meta-cosmic entities.
*Non-Dualism does not grant one a tier, non-dualism implies the user is unbound by duality of concepts which aren't tierable.  
 
*Not all Non-Dualism is created equal, some of the ways to get it are lesser in extent to others, though it should be noted all of them would at the very least give a resistance to [[Duality Manipulation]].
===='''Notes'''====
 
Transdualism is mainly a philosophical or theological concept. Although we can construct some non-dual mathematical and logical models, this will not allow us to actually understand non-duality, since our very thinking is based on binary principles.
 
In Taoist cosmology, there is a concept known as "Taiji", which is defined as the state of limitless undifferentiated potential, otherwise, the oneness before duality and the source of all duality (yin-yang). Taiji is a transdual/nondual concept.
 
Other major theological systems have similar concepts.
 
No human description can express real transduality, for our speech and reason are limited by duality (everything is or isn't, there's no in between, even the concept of "within / outside" is still based on duality), therefore, any attempt to express it in some work will only be a particular author's portrayal.
 
The only way to combat such an entity, is to also be outside of the "binary code" or duality, or have the capability to affect the code of the nondual being (for example if being and non-being are 1 and 0 respectively and the nondual being is "2" if the being that is "1" or "0" as the ability to affect the "2", normally via hax, then they can affect the nondual/transdual entity).
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“ I maintain nonetheless that yin-yang dualism can be overcome. With sufficient enlightenment we can give substance to any distinction: mind without body, north without south, pleasure without pain. Remember, enlightenment is a function of willpower, not of physical strength. „
~ Chairman Shen Ji Yang (Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri)
Ajimu Najimi dualistic distinctions are meaningless, and opposites are all the same, as in her perspective, they are all nothing more than ink on a page

Background

Nondualism means "not two" or "one undivided without a second". Nondualism primarily refers to a mature state of consciousness, in which the dichotomy of I-other is "transcended", and awareness is described as "centerless" and "without dichotomies". Although this state of consciousness may seem to appear spontaneous, it usually follows prolonged preparation through ascetic or meditative/contemplative practice, which may include ethical injunctions. Nondualism varies considerably on context and spans many different defintions. To fit nondualism here it is simply required for a character be in a state of either not being bound by duality, being true oneness, embodying both sides of the duality at once, essentially making you undivided, or transcending dualities.

Notes

  • Non-Dualism does not grant one a tier, non-dualism implies the user is unbound by duality of concepts which aren't tierable.
  • Not all Non-Dualism is created equal, some of the ways to get it are lesser in extent to others, though it should be noted all of them would at the very least give a resistance to Duality Manipulation.
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