Dharma Logic

Because cross-country skiing exists, there is non-cross-country skiing. Because poetry exists, there is non-poetry. Because breathing in exists, there is breathing out. Because hatred exists, there is compassion. Because greed exists, there is generosity. Because birth exists, there is the unborn. Because death exists, there is no-death. Because the self exists, there is no-self.

And when you hear about no-self don't be sad, as Yasutani Roshi once remarked. Thanks to no-self, the entire universe is self.