Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-3075077-20181213171241/@comment-4867780-20181214021625

Boundaries are about distinction rather than opposition (though those are included). From example, boundaries exist between all different colors, not just opposites. Similarly, the US and Canada are separated by geographical boundearies, but aren't opposite countries.

The Self/Others boundary could be manipulated in any number of ways, like reading minds by letting their thoughts enter yours, controling them by letting your commands enter theirs, forming a hive mind with them (equalist or dominant) or melding them altogether into a single whole. And these are only the most obvious applications among countless others.

Monism would require a different approach though, as uniting all beings into one doesn't mean everything would be made of the same substance. In a way, the mere existence of consciousness is incompatible with this idea, as thoughts, perceptions, identify and everything that defines a person is based on the existence of different phenomena and their interactions with each other.