strings: WE SEE CONTRADICTION in us and about us; because we are in contradiction, there is lack of peace in us and therefore outside us. There is In us a constant state of denial and assertion—what we want to be and what we are. The state of contradiction creates conflict and this conflict does not bring about peace—which is a simple, obvious fact. This inward contradiction should not be translated into some kind of philosophical dualism, because that is a very easy escape. That is by saying. that contradiction is a state of dualism we think we have solved it—which is obviously a mere convention, a contributory escape from actuality.