These principles may be carried forward into every part of our lives.
Promoting diversity understanding compassion and accepting all others is the message behind the yin yang. There is a small piece of heaven in any darkness There is a small piece of male in every femaleĪnd a small piece of female in every male This is the true meaning of the yin and yang symbol. Middle ground or a grey area should always be established in one’s thoughts and actions and spiritual dealings. To be completely living within one of these spaces is destructive.įor too much white blinds you of others and too much dark blinds you of others. The white space is extreme as is the black space. These two dots hold the secret to the yin yang principle of spiritual alignment.
Now focus your attention on the white dot within the black space and the black dot within the white space. These are the perfect representations of the large spaces within the yin yang symbol which is black and white. Yang is the male attribute representing the positive active force in nature that is overtly open. Traditionally yin is the female aspect, the negative passive force in nature, that which is hidden. One popular example is the swastika a spiritual symbol used by Buddhism and Indian cultures with symbolism as the footprints of Buddha. Turning them into something they are not, to suit the purposes of those using them. The ancient Chinese symbol and its concept of dualism just like other symbols have been taken by groups and communities. And after a while, I developed a sadness, for the true meaning of yin yang has been lost in hyper-marketing. None of these is completely correct.Īs I started asking I began giggling at the unusual answers. And some said it means the opposites, the opposite of things such as salt and pepper, moon and sun. Others said it means luck and prosperity or lucky bamboo.
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