![]() Two halves are important to mutually form the Qi wholeness. It is the physical world of qi vibration, which alternates between the Yin and Yang energies. This is the underlying energy that gives life to all things physical. The life-force energy to the ancient Chinese is the “Qi”. ![]() This is the reason why one should learn their Yin from their Yang. Learning to use the dao is what Daoism religion is all about. Stop worrying about being the best, just be yourself.Įnjoy simplicity, for complications take you farther away from the dao. ![]() This way you will enjoy some hasty progress. Be prepared to back up or undo something. So it’s better to listen more, and argue less. And compared to other religions where the person has the higher power, in Daoism, they are not.ĭaoism believes that living in harmony with the ‘way’, an individual will have no need to fight against the natural flow of the universe. Unlike other religions where the domineering power is good and has an evil opponent, Daoism teaches that one has to learn from both the Yin and the Yang. Just like the force you see on Star Wars, this dao has two sides. This is what you call the ‘dao’, meaning the way. A deeper, higher, truer power than any other known force. Meaning of Yin and Yang: Power In the Universeĭaoism teachings state that there is power in our universe. Your back is Yin, while your front and your head is Yang. Toothpicks are the Yin, in comparison to a telephone pole. And when it goes over the waterfall, it turns into Yang. Water that flows calmly in the river is Yin. But there are very powerful Yins as well, so long as they don’t go berserk. Yang has the tendency to do berserk at times. But the coffee’s heat is Yang, and the blackness, Yin. The inside of the cup is Yin, and it cannot be a cup without it. Yang begins acting, while Yin gets and completes it. When you pitch there’s Yang, when your opponent catches it, that’s Yin. The sunbeams are Yang, compared to the shadows. They have two sides but are the same coin. Yang is stronger, harder, faster, brighter. The egg’s shell is Yang, and the egg within is Yin. Your car break is Yin, and your gas pedal is Yang. The wave’s crest is Yang, while its trough is the Yin. Which behaves differently depending on their contexts.Īnything can be Yin or Yang depending on the situation. Daoists believe that our earth consists of energies, vibrations, as well as matter. Rather, they are relative to one another. Just like Luke and his dad, Yin and Yang are not really opposites. While Luke had the potential to follow in his father’s footsteps to the dark path. The seed of goodness resided in Darth Vader. Which implies everything has the seed of their opposite. Each one has a small dot opposite its color. The dark swirl you see is the Yin while the light one is the Yang. This is the reason why the Yin and Yang are deeply connected with the yearly cycle of the earth around the sun, and the coming and going of the four seasons. During the nighttime, the pole star points to the north. The shortest shadow’s direction measured is south. Our sun rises in the east and sets out in the west. The following observation composes the compass’ four points. As well as the recorded position of the Big Dipper constellation throughout the year. The Yin-Yang is also a representation of the observation of the earth’s shadow on the moon. Consequently, Yin begins during summer solstice wherein the darkness is dominant over daylight. Thus, it’s close relationship with the sun. Yang starts at the winter solstice, indicating the start of the period when daylight is the dominating force over darkness. Amazingly, the graphical representation of the change of the pole’s shadow length during the entire year is present. Some had even suggested that the symbol has a very close approximation. This invention was created in China as far back as 600 BCE. It uses a pole to measure the changing lengths of the shadows during the solar year. The origin of the symbol of Yin and Yang can is in the Chinese time-keeping system during ancient times.
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