Yin yang

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Yin and Yang Theory

The concept of Yin and Yang is one of the most fundamental and profound theories of Feng
Shui. It is the Chinese perspective of balance and continual change. Yin and Yang is a
foundation theory for Feng Shui that supports many other theories including the Five Elements
theory and the Environment.

What the Western version of Yin and

Yang might be
Yin and Yang are dependent opposites that must always be in
balance. The opposites flow in a natural cycle always replacing
the other. Just as the seasons cycle and create a time of heat and
cold, Yin and Yang cycles through active and passive, dark and
light, etc. Yin and Yang evolved from a belief of mutually
dependant opposites that cannot live without the other. The Eastern view of opposites is, if you
will excuse the pun, opposite of a Western view. If Yin and Yang are balanced and flowing in
the East, in the West (if a similar philosophy were adopted), it might look like the image above.

People in the West tend to look as things as black or white, right or wrong, etc. There is
separation and unrelatedness in the Western perspective. Whereas, the Chinese view opposites as
evolving and cycling. There is neither right or wrong, but rather there is balance, transformation,
interaction, and dependent opposition. We need both to maintain a balance.
Symbolism
Yin and Yang can further be explained as a duality that cannot exist without both parts. The chart
below shows some of the many opposites that are contained in such a simple symbol.

After the Yellow Turban rebellion (184 A.D.), the Han dynasty emperors commissioned scholars
to re-examine the ancient texts. The principles of which Dong Zhongshui (?179-104 B.C.) and
others interpreted the ancient texts were derived from the early philosophy of nature, the
complementary alternating forces of Yin and Yang, dark and light, female and male, which
maintain the balance of the cosmos, and which had been a thought pattern of the Chinese before
any philosophical schools came into being. Meaning, that Feng Shui and Yin and Yang concepts
were evolving from cosmological and environmental sciences before Daoists philosophy adopted
it. Many people believe that it was a Daoist invention.
Within Yang, there is a small piece of Yin. Within Yin, there is a small piece of Yang. Just as in
the heart of winter, a seed lays in wait to become life, so is Yang waited within Yin for its turn.
In a hot summer, a sudden desert storm can bring coolness. This too is an example of how Yin is
found in Yang. Again, there are no absolutes, just cycles in time.

Understanding a small piece of the true nature of the Tai Chi

symbol

A
logical
and
cyclical
explanation for the Yin and
Yang beyond the morality and
philosophy:. The first initial
observations were of the
changes of the seasons. Then
expanding these observations
for explaining the directions.
Then cycles in nature were
further explained as the cycle
of the Five elements.
From a solar perspective, the
Sun rises in the East, reaches
its peak overhead and sets in
the West, then the symbology
of the Tai-ji can be represented as right. Furthermore; Spring gives way to new wood, Summer
brings fire and heat, Autumn cools like metal, and lastly snow (frozen water) brings the coldest
time or Winter. It can also be seen that heat rises and coolness settles.
From a directional perspective, in the Northern Hemisphere (and from a Chinese perspective) the
hottest direction is the South and the coldest is the North. Meanwhile all of this occurs with Earth
is being the center point.
An elemental perspective is a productive cycle of five elements. Creating this productive cycle of
elements we see that:
Wood burns producing Fire.
Fire leaves behind Earth.
Earth is the source of Metal.
Metal liquefies into flowing liquid like Water (or another explanation is that Metal when
cooled it creates condensation, such as a car left out on a cool night).
Water then becomes the nourishment for the Wood.
Now you see that there is a lot of depth and meaning to this simple symbol. Many times this
symbol is represented as shown below.

Without understanding the conceptual view of Yin and Yang, one cannot properly utilize five
elements. Since the five elements are the basis of the energetic representations and are the only
corrections utilized in Feng Shui.

Balancing Yin & Yang technique

 Sit in a relaxed situation ,,, your back strait ,, head down,, your tongue at the upper palate
of your mouth with your mouth closed,,, your hands loosely on your thighs,,, your legs on
the floor as if your fingers & heals are fixed inside the earth.
Put your hands on the (Chi) area, breath slowly & deeply from the nose then start pulling
your hands above your head ,, turn your hands to be facing upwards.
Imagine you are taking Yang energy from the complete bio energy above the crown.
Start the turning your hands to be facing down and imagine that you are pulling this
energy down slowly with the exhale.
Yang energy cleans any obstacle ( block) in the Meridians.
Continue till your hands reach the ground and imagine that all the obstacle have driven
away from the feet to the ground to become healed.
Now continue turning your hands, and imagine you are pulling Yin energy from the
ground with its green color, with it the energy will be healed.
With the inhale start pulling Yin till it reaches the head.
Continue the practice for (5) times.
Now put your hands on (Chi)
Imagine that (Yang) energy come from above to become stable on (Chi)
Imagine that ( Yin) comes from down to become stable at (Chi)
Now enter into a state of meditation & feel the balance between ( Yin) & (Yang)
make breathing for relaxation five times then come back to the present moment.