Religious wars in my cochlea

So the War Between The Ears has reached another cease-fire, after violence erupted again last Friday. They're tentatively settling on some sort of religious reformation that involves agreeing on the general direction of Up, which seems to be what all the headache-inducing theology was about. So long as I don't provoke them by moving my head quickly -- especially not up and down, which evidently offends one ear or the other's still-brittle dogma -- things remain calm. And I can put the lid on the fighting by putting myself horizontal, rendering all their existentialism moot. But all it takes is a loss of vigilance (i.e. fatigue) and fighting breaks out again.

I'm hoping it progresses to an armistice in the next few days, and that they get the treaty signed soon. Religious wars taking place in your ears are no fun.

I'm reminded of the aphorism: "Do not put to sea with two timepieces; take one or three." It's all very well to have duplicate systems -- but if the malfunction of either one incapacitates you, you're not ahead of the game...