A Dichotomy is a whole truth, belief or reality that is divided by perspective into two distinct and opposing parts.
A Paradox is the appearance of two conflicting beliefs, truths or realities occuring at the same time and place.
Both a Dichotomy and a Paradox are a duality. They are the product of a perspective from within a world of relative dual reality.
A duality is a ‘dual reality’, which is two versions or perspectives of reality that offer contrast and choice. It is the same thing perceived from two opposing perspectives.
When the two versions of reality are seen as totally separate, I see them as a dichotomy.
When the two versions are reunited, I get the paradox and overcome the duality.
For me to understand the paradox requires me to experience the balance point from which both perspectives can be viewed simultaneously.
To realise the dichotomy requires me to be experiencing one extreme of the duality in the awareness that the opposite extreme also exists.
The Dichotomy of Paradox is that when I have a dichotomy, I haven’t got the paradox.