Equality Isn't Equal
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There are words we rally behind — and then there are words that flatten us. Few are more unquestioned than “equality.” It sounds noble, obvious, incontestable. But if equality were the answer, why do equal boxes on a broken system still leave people blind at the fence? Why does sameness so often erase what is specific, necessary, and true?
This episode isn’t about dismissing fairness — it’s about exposing the paradigm hiding inside the word. We trace how “equality” collapses difference into sameness, how corporate quotas and social slogans become games within games, and how our loudest calls for balance ignore the inequalities inside our own psyches. What if the real move isn’t equality, but integration and right relationship?
Whether you fight for equal outcomes or feel erased by one-size-fits-all fixes, this conversation asks you to zoom out — from policy to paradigm, from systems to soul.
Together, we ask: – What if equality is a measurement model (sameness), not a moral absolute — and often the wrong tool for the job? – What if the outcomes you want require equity, context, and care — not symmetry? – What if the deepest “inequality” is internal: overdeveloped parts running the show while neglected parts never reach the table? – And what if the aim beyond equality is integration, harmony, and right proportion — not identical shares?
In this episode: – Equality vs equity vs harmony: why sameness isn’t balance, justice, or wholeness – Games within games: quotas and corporate ladders inside top-down pyramids that can’t deliver transformation – The iceberg under a word: epistemology 101 — how unseen assumptions “fill in” missing data and rig debates – The fence metaphor (made real): when equal boxes still don’t let everyone see — and why context changes everything – Relationship reality check: unequal by design — different strengths, deficits, and needs within a healthy partnership – Personal inequality: mind as CEO, body as ignored minority; food, coping, and the misallocation of time and attention – Kabbalion’s correspondence & cause/effect: as within, so without — why collective distortions mirror inner ones – Past lives, ancestry, and imprinting: how buried scripts shape what we call “fair” (and why love is the highest order of equality) – Beyond equality: from flat sameness to integrated wholeness — right proportion, right timing, right care
Hosts: Daniel Darman & Elinor Moshe Speakers: Daniel Darman & Elinor Moshe Produced by: Truth of You Copyright: © 2025 Truth of You Website: truthofyou.com.au Instagram: @theelinormoshe & @thedanieldarman
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