Apr 12, 2003 12:07
21 yrs ago
English term
yin-yang principles
English
Social Sciences
Esoteric practices
In dreams, number 2 symbolises yin-yang principles, or male/female energies.
What this yin-yang principles
are all about?
What this yin-yang principles
are all about?
Responses
4 +3 | Yin & Yang | Kirill Semenov |
5 +2 | I would call it the cornerstone | Yuri Geifman |
5 +1 | Yin Yang | ntouzet (X) |
5 | opposites that make a whole | Kemal Mustajbegovic |
Responses
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24 mins
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Yin & Yang
According to he Chinese worldview, all that exists, is the result of interaction of two complementary and opposing principles, Yin being the female, soft, passive, wet and accepting principle, and Yang -- male, hard, active, hot and sending.
These are two primordial and underlying things, everything is composed of.
The Yin-Yang relations is symbolized by a circle divided on black and white "fish-like" parts. The curve line between the two parts means the principles are inseparable and the border between them is not clear.
Sometimes tehy add white point into the black part, and black point into the white part to show each principle includes internally the other one.
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_ARE_ symbolized, sorry
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And number 2 here means the very idea of Two, Duality, Multitude and Activity whereas 1 is Oneness, Unity, Immutability.
Where comes 2, there starts opposition, interaction, relation, interchange and mutual influence. \"Two\" is the minimal number that allows changes, development and activity.
These are two primordial and underlying things, everything is composed of.
The Yin-Yang relations is symbolized by a circle divided on black and white "fish-like" parts. The curve line between the two parts means the principles are inseparable and the border between them is not clear.
Sometimes tehy add white point into the black part, and black point into the white part to show each principle includes internally the other one.
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Note added at 2003-04-12 12:33:43 (GMT)
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_ARE_ symbolized, sorry
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Note added at 2003-04-12 12:36:59 (GMT)
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And number 2 here means the very idea of Two, Duality, Multitude and Activity whereas 1 is Oneness, Unity, Immutability.
Where comes 2, there starts opposition, interaction, relation, interchange and mutual influence. \"Two\" is the minimal number that allows changes, development and activity.
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+1
8 mins
Yin Yang
Part of the Chinese philosophy.
It's easy for people to understand the philosophy by talking about the sun (Yang), moon (Yin) and universe. After observing the universe, ancient Chinese found that the universe is changing every day. Although it changes easily every day, it also has seasonal and annual cycles. From these cycles the unchanging rules are created. However, it's not easy to use the method to find the unchanging rules from the universe and apply on human activities. That's why some people think I-Ching is easy and some don't.
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http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/yinyang.htm
It's easy for people to understand the philosophy by talking about the sun (Yang), moon (Yin) and universe. After observing the universe, ancient Chinese found that the universe is changing every day. Although it changes easily every day, it also has seasonal and annual cycles. From these cycles the unchanging rules are created. However, it's not easy to use the method to find the unchanging rules from the universe and apply on human activities. That's why some people think I-Ching is easy and some don't.
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Note added at 2003-04-12 12:16:16 (GMT)
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http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/yinyang.htm
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Brigith Guimarães
: A very precise and accurate explanation. That's it indeed. Beautiful philosophy, by the way
10 hrs
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thanks
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23 mins
opposites that make a whole
In every good one can find a bit of evil and in every evil here's a bit of good. Nothing in the World is black-and-white.
Yes, from Chinese philosophy.
Regards!
Yes, from Chinese philosophy.
Regards!
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31 mins
I would call it the cornerstone
of Chinese Taoist philosophy. Yin is the feminine principle while Yang is the masculine principle. They are also ascribed opposing attributes: dark, wet, deceleration, cooling down, contraction, matter for Yin and light, dry, accceleration, heating up, expansion, enerrgy for Yang. If you look at the Korean flag, the symbol in its center is a graphic representation of the Yin/Yang principle. Here's a description:
The essentials of the yin-yang school are as follows: the universe is run by a single principle, the Tao, or Great Ultimate. This principle is divided into two opposite principles, or two principles which oppose one another in their actions, yin and yang. All the opposites one perceives in the universe can be reduced to one of the opposite forces. The yin and yang accomplish changes in the universe through the five material agents, or wu hsing , which both produce one another and overcome one another. All change in the universe can be explained by the workings of yin and yang and the progress of the five material agents as they either produce one another or overcome one another. Yin-yang and the five agents are, I need to stress, a universal explanatory principle. All phenomena can be understood using yin-yang and the five agents: the movements of the stars, the workings of the body, the nature of foods, the qualities of music, the ethical qualities of humans, the progress of time, the operations of government, and even the nature of historical change. All things follow this order so that all things can be related to one another in some way: one can use the stars to determine what kind of policy to pursue in government, for instance.
The yin and yang represent all the opposite principles one finds in the universe. Under yang are the principles of maleness, the sun, creation, heat, light, Heaven, dominance, and so on, and under yin are the principles of femaleness, the moon, completion, cold, darkness, material forms, submission, and so on. Each of these opposites produce the other: Heaven creates the ideas of things under yang, the earth produces their material forms under yin, and vice versa; creation occurs under the principle of yang, the completion of the created thing occurs under yin, and vice versa, and so on. This production of yin from yang and yang from yin occurs cyclically and constantly, so that no one principle continually dominates the other or determines the other. All opposites that one experiences—health and sickness, wealth and poverty, power and submission—can be explained in reference to the temporary dominance of one principle over the other. Since no one principle dominates eternally, that means that all conditions are subject to change into their opposites.
This cyclical nature of yin and yang, the opposing forces of change in the universe, mean several things. First, that all phenomena change into their opposites in an eternal cycle of reversal. Second, since the one principle produces the other, all phenomena have within them the seeds of their opposite state, that is, sickness has the seeds of health, health contains the seeds of sickness, wealth contains the seeds of poverty, etc. Third, even though an opposite may not be seen to be present, since one principle produces the other, no phenomenon is completely devoid of its opposite state. One is never really healthy since health contains the principle of its opposite, sickness. This is called "presence in absence." Once you have this principle down, the particular Chinese view as expressed in literature,
The essentials of the yin-yang school are as follows: the universe is run by a single principle, the Tao, or Great Ultimate. This principle is divided into two opposite principles, or two principles which oppose one another in their actions, yin and yang. All the opposites one perceives in the universe can be reduced to one of the opposite forces. The yin and yang accomplish changes in the universe through the five material agents, or wu hsing , which both produce one another and overcome one another. All change in the universe can be explained by the workings of yin and yang and the progress of the five material agents as they either produce one another or overcome one another. Yin-yang and the five agents are, I need to stress, a universal explanatory principle. All phenomena can be understood using yin-yang and the five agents: the movements of the stars, the workings of the body, the nature of foods, the qualities of music, the ethical qualities of humans, the progress of time, the operations of government, and even the nature of historical change. All things follow this order so that all things can be related to one another in some way: one can use the stars to determine what kind of policy to pursue in government, for instance.
The yin and yang represent all the opposite principles one finds in the universe. Under yang are the principles of maleness, the sun, creation, heat, light, Heaven, dominance, and so on, and under yin are the principles of femaleness, the moon, completion, cold, darkness, material forms, submission, and so on. Each of these opposites produce the other: Heaven creates the ideas of things under yang, the earth produces their material forms under yin, and vice versa; creation occurs under the principle of yang, the completion of the created thing occurs under yin, and vice versa, and so on. This production of yin from yang and yang from yin occurs cyclically and constantly, so that no one principle continually dominates the other or determines the other. All opposites that one experiences—health and sickness, wealth and poverty, power and submission—can be explained in reference to the temporary dominance of one principle over the other. Since no one principle dominates eternally, that means that all conditions are subject to change into their opposites.
This cyclical nature of yin and yang, the opposing forces of change in the universe, mean several things. First, that all phenomena change into their opposites in an eternal cycle of reversal. Second, since the one principle produces the other, all phenomena have within them the seeds of their opposite state, that is, sickness has the seeds of health, health contains the seeds of sickness, wealth contains the seeds of poverty, etc. Third, even though an opposite may not be seen to be present, since one principle produces the other, no phenomenon is completely devoid of its opposite state. One is never really healthy since health contains the principle of its opposite, sickness. This is called "presence in absence." Once you have this principle down, the particular Chinese view as expressed in literature,
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Erika P (X)
: feminine principle/masculine principle
8 mins
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right, thanks
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agree |
Сергей Лузан
: Sure, female and male.
3 hrs
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