Excerts from YIN AND YANG at chineseculture.about.com
No disrespect to the musical group The Yin Yang Twins, I love thier music and comedy, however, there are some O-G's ( for you'll folks who don't know what a
O-G is, its a older wiser person who is worth the attention is one interpetation; like Dr.Moe hehehee) who are and were THE YIN YANG TWINS.
In Chinese culture (The Ancient Egyptians were African and Chinese mixture, that is, the O-G's). YIN and YANG represent the two opposite principles of nature. YIN characterizes the feminine or negative nature of things and YANG stands for masculine or positive side. Yin and Yang are in pairs, such as the moon and the sun, female and male, dark and bright, cold and hot, ppassive and active, ect. But yin and yang are not static or two seperated things. The nature of YINYANG lies in interchange and interplay of the two components. The alternation of day and night is such an example.
Here is a summary of the characteristics of YINYANG. Yin and Yang are opposite in nature, but, they are part of nature, THEY RELY ON EACH OTHER, AND THEY CANNOT EXSIST WITHOUT EACH OTHER. The balance of Yin and Yang is important. If Yin is stronger, yang is weaker, and vise versa. Yin and Yang can interchange under certain conditions so they usually not yin and yang alone. In other words, Yin can contain certain part of yang and yang can have some component of yin. It is believed that YINYANG exsists in everything.
Love Nageeta
