7 Universal Principles:
1) Everything is a differentiation of one Infinity.
2) Everything changes.
3) All antagonisms are complementary.
4) No two things are identical.
5) What has a front also has a back.
6) The bigger the front, the bigger the back.
7) What has a beginning also has an end.
2) Everything changes.
3) All antagonisms are complementary.
4) No two things are identical.
5) What has a front also has a back.
6) The bigger the front, the bigger the back.
7) What has a beginning also has an end.
| * adapted from Macrobiotic Cooking for Everyone, an adaptation from The Book of Macrobiotics: The Universal Way of Health and Happiness by Michio Kushi ** nothing neutral, nothing exactly balanced, nothing at rest |
12 Universal Laws of Change:
1) One Infinity manifests itself into complementary and antagonistic tendencies, yin and yang, in its endless change.
2) Yin and yang are manifested continuously from the eternal movement of one infinite univese
3) Yin represents centrifugality. Yang represents centripetality. Yin and yang together produce energy and all phenomena.
4) Yin attracts yang. Yang attracts yin.
5) Yin repels yin. Yang repels yang.
6) Yin and yang combined in varying proportions produce different phenomena. The attraction and repulsion among phenomena is proportional to the difference of the yin and yang forces.
7) All phenomena are ephemeral, constantly changing their constitution of yin and yang forces; yin changes into yang, yang changes into yin.
8) Nothing is solely yin or solely yang. Everything is composed of both tendencies in varying degrees.
9) There is nothing neuter.** Either yin or yang is in excess in every occurrence.
10) Large yin attracts small yin. Large yang attracts small yang.
11) Extreme yin produces yang, and extreme yang produces yin.
12) All physical manifestations are yang at the center, and yin at the surface.
2) Yin and yang are manifested continuously from the eternal movement of one infinite univese
3) Yin represents centrifugality. Yang represents centripetality. Yin and yang together produce energy and all phenomena.
4) Yin attracts yang. Yang attracts yin.
5) Yin repels yin. Yang repels yang.
6) Yin and yang combined in varying proportions produce different phenomena. The attraction and repulsion among phenomena is proportional to the difference of the yin and yang forces.
7) All phenomena are ephemeral, constantly changing their constitution of yin and yang forces; yin changes into yang, yang changes into yin.
8) Nothing is solely yin or solely yang. Everything is composed of both tendencies in varying degrees.
9) There is nothing neuter.** Either yin or yang is in excess in every occurrence.
10) Large yin attracts small yin. Large yang attracts small yang.
11) Extreme yin produces yang, and extreme yang produces yin.
12) All physical manifestations are yang at the center, and yin at the surface.
More about Yin and Yang:
- Allen Tsai presents a fascinating derivation of the T'ai-chi symbol from mapping shadow lengths throughout one year
- Here's an article featuring tables with many characteristics of Yin and Yang (I did find one discrepancy between this and the Macrobiotic understanding; this describes Yin as downward-moving and Yang as upward-moving, whereas Macrobiotics says the opposite)
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