Yin and Yang in the universe.
The universe consists of attractive and repulsive forces which create vibrations at various levels. Those that vibrate at very low frequencies eventually settle to form matter and those with the frequencies approximately the same as the light remain as energy. Matter and energy in ancient Chinese philosophy refer to Yin and Yang.
Although their characteristics are opposite to each other they are mutually dependent, there will be no Yin without Yang or vice versa. They form a unity in diversity.
There are billions of stars, planets and moons in the universe. The forces acting among them vary depending on the distances that keep them apart. They move in their orbits, sometimes further and at other times nearer to their neighboring stars but the deviations are still within boundaries that permit them in equilibrium.. The dense part of the stars is Yin, while the light or the heat emitted is Yang.
Yin and Yang are fluctuating, always changing at a certain range as to keep them in a required balance. They are, within certain limits, constantly transforming and oscillating and put themselves in a dynamic harmony. When the yin gets bigger, the yang becomes smaller and so the other way around.
The qualities of them are relative. There is neither absolute Yin nor Yang, each contains a little bit of other. The sun, for example, has a huge mass therefore it is yin, but it also emits light and heat which are energy or yang. So the sun is yin that contains a little bit of yang. But when we compare the sun to the earth we will call the sun yang and the earth yin. However, the earth itself contains yin and yang, the fertile soil is yin and the desert is yang.
Yin and Yang in our body
Parallel to the Yin and Yang in the universe, our body consists of Yin and Yang too. The denser parts of our body such as liver, spleen, and kidney are yin and the hollow ones such as gall bladder, stomach, and urine bladder are yang. In this case we compare denser and lighter organs as Yin and Yang. We can also make a comparison between organs and their functions, the organs are Yin and their functions are Yang. Other comparisons are inner-outer, lower-higher, weaker-stronger, cooler-hotter, physical-mental and so on.
In the Traditional Chinese Medicine, understanding the characteristics of Yin and Yang in our body will help us determine the organs that have caused instability.
The duty of a therapist is to put them back into the equilibrium.
VOCABULARY |
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WORDS | MEANINGS |
repulsive | opposing in direction |
eventually | finally |
approximately | close to ; more or less |
vice versa | the other way around |
equilibrium | a stable condition |
emit | to send out (e.g. light, heat) |
e.g. | for example |
fluctuate | to swing or to rise and fall as in waves |
require | need |
oscillate | change back and forth, fluctuate |
huge | very big ; extremely large |
determine | conclude ; decide |
Comments
Glad to see you again Anele, which game did you mean? Do you have any fun group to join? I’d love to join it if you do.
Regarding sitting too long it will aggravate the spleen function, and in the long run it will lead to diabetes. The cause of UTI is bacteria and also because of postponing to urinate too long after you feel the need to do it, you can read this link for a better explanation.
I'm not that expert Anele, but hope to be. I'm still learning. Let's learn together so that we all can become therapists, at least for our own health.
You are right my dear, the blog is meant to familiarize the readers on the concept of yin and yang because this is the starting point to understand the TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine).
My previous blog was also written for that purpose.
Bear in mind that we spend a lot of time sitting in front of a computer, and that is not good for our spleen.
Let's stay healthy!