re yinyang theory

[Guest guest]

Note the phrase " It is a purely relativistic system " So, it would seem

very much like using the words near and far, or old and young, big and small.

 

Michael

 

The following is from the book " Five Elements and Ten Stems "

by Kiiko matsumoto and Steven Birch

Yin and Yang " In Chinese philosophy, the system of Yin and Yang

was conceived as a way of explaining the Universe. It is a purely

relativistic system; any one thing is either Yin or Yang only in

relation to some other object or phenomena, and all things can be

described only in relation to each other. "

Theory " In the Yin-Yang system, we are able to explain relationships

between different phenomena or entities. Theoretically, we could

explain the relationship of all entities in the Universe.

The Chinese themselves attempted to do this in a very general

way. They discussed the relationship of Heaven (Yang) to Earth (Yin)

and how the two interact. They discussed the relationship

of Heaven to Man, and of Earth to Man, and of thecomplex web of

interactions that are set up between these three entities. "

 

From " A dictionary of chinese medicine " by Nigel Wiseman

Yin and yang are divisible but inseparatable

" the principle that although all phenomena can be divided into yin and yang,

and each yin or yang phenomenon can be divided into into yin and yang

aspects, either phenomena of a pair that stands in a mutually dependent

yin-yang relationship cannot be separated from the other without the

loss of both. " division " here means a cognitive distinction, whereas

" separation " is the sctual parting of the two. Yin and yang can be divided

ad infinitum. For example, whereas motion is yang and stasis yin,

within motion there is a distinction between upward motion, which is yang,

and downward motion which is yin. Upward motion is yang within yang,

whereas downward motion is yin within yang. However though yin and yang

can be differentiated in this way,they cannot be separated: the two are always

interdependent and therefore inseparatable; one cannot exist without the other. "

[Guest guest]

There's something that Ibn-Arabi, one of the greatest Sufi

masters, wrote around the 12th.century. He says that physically

man is more 'active' than woman(who is more 'passive'),

emotionaly women are more 'active' than men, mentally men are

more 'active' than women and spiritually women are more 'active'

than men. So if you put that in yinyang terms there's a lot of

yin within yang within yin...etc,...etc,..!

Marcos

 

 

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marcos wrote:

There's something that Ibn-Arabi, one of the greatest Sufi

masters, wrote around the 12th.century. He says that physically

man is more 'active' than woman(who is more 'passive'),

emotionaly women are more 'active' than men, mentally men are

more 'active' than women and spiritually women are more 'active'

than men. So if you put that in yinyang terms there's a lot of

yin within yang within yin...etc,...etc,..!

Marcos

 

Great quote!!! Marcos

 

In a seminar I attended last year on the meaning of chinese

characters, Elisabeth Rochet used the example of the hand to

represent yin and yang. " You cannot have a hand without a palm and a back.

The chinese passion for oneness can only be expressed though duality. "

Michael