 180. Yin & Yang |
The Hua Hu Ching states: (1.)
"Kind prince, long before the inception of written language, the mystical knowledge of the development of the universe was revealed to the very ancient sages whose minds were one with the Universal Mind. It was revealed that the universe has a Subtle Origin which is unnamable and beyond description. This Origin does not exist sometime or somewhere else. It exists everywhere and at all times now. The first divisions of manifestation from the Subtle Origin were called yin and yang. The physical manifestation of the universe is an express of yin, symbolized by a broken line (
), while the subtle energy manifestation of the universe is yang, symbolized by an unbroken line 
) The integation of yin and yang was called tai chi (
). A human being is a model of the integration of yin and yang, with the physical energy manifesting as his body and the subtle energy manifesting as his mind and spirit. The ancients referred to the three spheres of the universe as Heaven, symbolized by three solid lines (
), which is yang; Earth, symbolized by three broken lines (
), which is yin, and Mankind, symbolized as a tai chi ( ), which is the integration of yin and yang.
The ancient sages also expressed the development of the universe numerically. One represented the Subtle Origin. Two represented the duality of yin and yang. Three represented the trinity of yin and yang and their integration, tai chi, which brings forth life. These are considered the Three Treasures of the universe. Four represents the four basic forces of the universe, which are variations of yin and yang. The strong force of the universe was referred to as 'old yang' ( 
); the weak force of the universe was called 'old yin' ( 
). The heavy force was called 'young yang' (
); and the light force was called 'young yin' (
). For a force to be strong does not necessarily indicate that it is heavy; nor does a weak force necessarily indicate that it is light. It is possible for a force to be both light and strong, weak and heavy. * The harmonization of the four forces creates a fifth united force, a tai chi. The fifth united force is the harmonizing force of the universe, a common field.
* NOTE: The four forces may be considered parallel to what modern physics terms 'strong nuclear force' (), 'gravity' (), 'weak nuclear force' (), and 'electromagnetism' (). Chapter 61 of the Hua Hu Ching by Ni, Hua Ching.
(1.) The first book of Lao Tzu was the "Tao Teh Ching", the second book of his teachings was the "Hua Hu Ching" (Seven Star Book, Los Angeles, CA.)
