Why is there contradiction? One of the major reasons for contradiction is the non-acceptance of ‘what is’. Which is, I have an ideal of ‘what should be’. That’s one factor. The other is that I am always living in comparison, comparing myself with somebody or with a principle or an ideal. This means I never accept the fact of ‘what is’. I am angry and immediately I say I must not be angry. I am jealous, eaten up with ambition – why don’t I see the fact as it is and not compare?