The concept of duality came up for me today during the retreat. It has been bouncing around inside of me like a ping pong ball. My mind and my heart are at battle with the dynamic of it. The movie remembrance of the " 2016 The Last Dragon Slayer" came in to help me process the meaning and importance of it. I watched it sometime ago. The significant representation that I did not pick up the first time around came crashing in. The dragon slayer was sent to kill the last dragon. She could not willing do it. The dragon made a deal with her. I can't remember all the details but in short the dragon would help her complete a task for her and in return she would promise to kill him. He played on her deep empathy, he did not want to go on any longer being he was old and tired. The dragon completed his side of the deal and she stood with her sword sobbing with tears in her eyes, the dragon thundering at her to complete her agreed upon task. She trust the sword and the dragon fell to the ground and died. The slayer lie sobbing with grief. Then before her eyes the dragons magic turned the fallen dragon into 2 dragons. They flew up into the sky with freedom and joy. When one dies 2 more emerge. Such is an unexpected process that rips at every fiber of my being but is absolutely necessary in its completion.

https://youtu.be/Wju-gra3N1g?si=MO6jLbsZLWH4zIua