 180. Yin & Yang |
“Conscious Light” is the indivisibility of Consciousness (or Being) and Light (or Energy), which is directly obvious when the ultimate nature of Reality is Realized.
Consciousness is living eternal energy – energy is eternal universal consciousness, confusion arises because there are two words to describe one “condition” or “state” of eternal existence.
On the one hand, it is obvious that human beings are, in some sense, “material”. Therefore, there is an obvious legitimacy to the investigation (or rational examination) of the “material” nature of the human being (as a pattern of form). On the other hand, every conditionally manifested form is Always Already in the Condition of Inherent Unity with Fundamental Light – and, therefore, every conditionally manifested form is, simply, a modification of Fundamental Light. This Greater Truth is the Basis for the true religious and Spiritual approach to the investigation of conditional existence.
- F. Jones
The ancient Taoist "cosmic scientists" discovered through their highly developed insight that there is essentially one primal cosmic energy. In the stillness of the unmanifest aspect of the universe, the primal cosmic energy expresses a state of oneness. As it extends itself in the process of creation, its movement causes the polarization of the one primal energy, giving birth to duality. The polar aspects of the effects thus created were designated as yin and yang. Yin and yang have many translations, such as the two sides of positive and negative, expansion and contraction, construction and destruction, masculine and feminine. Yin and yang are not two separate energies or activities. The activity of one is inherently contained within and created by the other. For example, a symphony is composed not only of musical sounds, but the silent pauses between the sounds are also intrinsic aspects of the composition. In the English language, the contradictory sense of positive and negative is strong. But in the Chinese way of thinking, yin and yang unite themselves, and through this union the existence of all things is made possible. If one side is excessive, its state of balance is lost, thereby creating the possibility of destruction.
In modern thinking, positive and negative must fight each other on opposite sides. But the Chinese concept of yin and yang shows us that the great harmony of universal development is based on the cooperation and union of apparent opposites. The I-Ching* shows that the universe is one whole, but with two wings, like man with two legs. In order to function effectively, the two legs do not fight each other, but they work together to help each other. For example, in movement, when you produce one kind of force to push yourself up and forward, at the same time you also produce a kind of rejecting force.
This principle can be applied to everything with yin and yang united as a tai chi. The tai chi then evolves into three levels of existence: physical existence, spiritual existence, and the combination of the two, which is mental existence. Human beings are one manifestation of mental existence, and are a good example of the unification of the physical and the spiritual. Through the study of the I-Ching, one may come to know and experience the subtle universal energy and the mysterious generating origin of the universe. One may also learn how to achieve integral development and keep pace with the universal evolution.
Yin and Yang do not represent good and evil.
Yin and Yang are two ASPECTS of the single wholeness of spirit.
Yin and Yang are the same as "light" and "consciousness." (Both are non-reducable.)
In the Tai-Chi symbol, note that the yin and yang expressions are INSIDE of the circle, the outer circle around them represents their oneness and unity.
The trinity of the Tai-Chi is the same as the Christian expression of the trinity of God. Yang is the father aspect, yin is the reflection of the father or son when they combine to create a human being, the essence of each human being is yang, or holy spirit, the inner true self.
The Tai-Chi symbol can also represent the attainment of God-self-realization, to know thy self as eternal spirit.
And the deep of the darkness is as great as the habitation of the light; and they stand not one distant from the other, but together in one another and neither of them hath beginning nor end.
