Something to ponder

I saw this on a webpage and thought of the talk this past Wed.
As Ju-Ju might say, the "how" question may not get it exactly...

If one views things and himself as many, and maintains that things and people are many, then he will get black-n-blue.
If one views things and himself as one, and maintains that things and people are one, then he will get black-n-blue, too.
Question:So, how could one view and say about things and people in order to not get black-n-blue?
Answer:Just see things and people as-they-are.
Question:How could one see things and people as-they-are?
Answer:Dragon's head snake's tail.