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  Yin and yang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yin, is sad, the darker element, is passive, dark, feminine, downward-seeking, and corresponds to the night; Yang, is happy, the brighter element, is active, light, masculine, upward-seeking and corresponds to the day; yin is often symbolized by water, while yang is symbolized by fire.
Yin and yang are often used in reference to disease, and many Asian cultures treat the hot/cold or wet/dry diseases with opposite treatments.
One way to write the symbols for yin and yang are a solid line (yang) and a broken line (yin) which could be divided into the four stages of yin and yang and further divided into the eight trigrams (these trigrams are used on the South Korean flag).
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 Yin and Yang
Yin is the female, passive, intuitive, receiving force, which is associated with the earth.
Yang is the male, strong, creative force which is associated with heaven.
In relationship to the elements, wood and fire belong to the yang, and water and metal to yin.
www.thenazareneway.com /yin_and_yang.htm   (333 words)

  
 Yin Yang
Yin, the darker element, is passive, dark, feminine, downward-seeking, and corresponds to the night; yang, the brighter element, is active, light, masculine, upward-seeking and corresponds to the day.
Yin and yang can also be used (in conjunction with other characters) to indicate various parts of the male and female anatomy.
Together, the symbolic colors of yin and yang, fl (symbolising darkness, the absence of light) and white (symbolizing light) respectively, are combined into a circle that symbolizes Taoism for many: the tàijíbāguàtú (太極八卦圖) (simplified Chinese 太极八卦图), often known as the T'ai Chi symbol or the Pictogram of the Supreme Ultimate.
www.thaiexotictreasures.com /yin_yang.html   (1152 words)

  
 CANA - Yin-Yang
Yang, represented by the white in the yin-yang symbol, stands for the creative principle, while yin, represented by fl, is dissolution and return (to creation).
The yin and yang forces are believed to be cyclical, moving and evolving into each other, represented by the white dot on the fl yin side of the symbol, and by the fl dot on the white yang side.
The union of all yin and yang elements represent the return to the holistic and undifferentiated state of the Tao." The term undifferentiated means there are no distinctions; all is one.
cana.userworld.com /cana_yinyang.html   (1456 words)

  
 Yin and Yang
According to the theory of yin and yang, it is considered that opposite but unitive phenomena between yin and yang exist between rostral and caudal, inside and outside, exterior and interior, dorsal and ventral aspects of every tissue and structure of the human body.
When speaking of yin and yang in the human body, the upper part is yang, the lower part yin; the exterior is yang, the interior yin; the back is yang, the abdomen yin; the lateral aspect of the extremities is yang; the medial aspect yin.
When speaking of yin and yang of the twelve channels, three are yang channels of the hand and three yin channel of the hand, three yang channels of the foot and three yin channels of the foot.
www.purifymind.com /YinYang.htm   (2025 words)

  
 "Out of Control Yang: The Root of Cancer, Chaos, and Disease
Yin energy, akin to the moon and Mother Earth, reflects the feminine and aspects of nature that are cool dark, quiet and solid.
Yang energy, akin to the Sun, mirrors the masculine facets of nature that are boisterous, bright, and expansive.
Yin and Yang are the life forces of the Universe deep within our very being, and ultimately all disharmonies will be dissolved as we evolve.
www.drpokea.com /yin-yang.html   (2515 words)

  
 Yin-Yang   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Yin and Yang continue to succeed each other and as each 'force' reaches its extreme it becomes the other, thus producing a never ending cycle.
The cause of the movements of the elements is the yin ch'i and the yang ch'i which alternate between flourishing and declining.
All change in the universe can be explained by the workings of yin and yang and the progress of the five material agents as they either produce one another or overcome one another.
tkdtutor.com /06Theory/Psychology/YinYang/YinYang.htm   (2718 words)

  
 YIN and YANG - the Ethernal Wisdom for the New World (Your first-ever Business e-Coach)
The interaction of yin and yang produces change, which is to be understood as the movement of the Tao.
Yin, or 'the shady side' is contrasted with 'the sunny side' yang, and the idea is that everything has at least two aspects to it.
Yin and yang are symbols of the Tao and Taosim.
www.1000ventures.com /business_guide/crosscuttings/yin-yang.html   (1042 words)

  
 Yin and Yang
Yin and yang are a philosophical conceptualization, a means to generalize the two extremes of the same process or quality, which may be observed in all related phenomena within the natural world.
For instance, when the sun (yang) is above our heads at noon and slowly sets as the day progresses to night (yin), it is the process of "consumption of yang leading to the gaining of yin.' Under normal conditions, the inter-consuming-supporting relationship of yin and yang is in a state of relative balance.
If this relationship goes beyond normal physiological limits, the relative balance between yin and yang is disturbed, resulting in excess or deficiency of either yin or yang and the occurrence of ailments.
www.daan.com /history/yinyang.htm   (1594 words)

  
 Yin and Yang   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This represents the interdependence of Yin and Yang.
This represents the interconsumption of Yin and Yang.
This is a representation of the infinite divisibility of Yin and Yang.
ourworld.cs.com /edgeacup/yinyang3.html   (264 words)

  
 Yin and Yang   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Yang means literally "the sunny side of the mountain" or "illumination", while Yin can be translated as "the shadowy slope", that is the state which exists after a period of illumination.
Yin is regarded as a force which makes things concrete, materialises and somatises; as being completing, confirming, corresponding, solidifying, thickening, organising, determining, contracting, at rest, solid, compact and conservative.
As the opposing factors, Yin and Yang, do not cover judgements in "moral" terms, such as positive and negative or good and bad, the result of the change cannot be assigned to one force or the other.
www.akupunktur.ch /EYinYang.html   (507 words)

  
 Yin and Yang Theory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Yin is generally associated with objects or ideas that are dark, still and cold.
Even though an organ may be predominantly yin or yang in nature, the balance of yin and yang is maintained throughout the body, because the sum total of yin and yang will be in balance.
Basic treatment of these diseases is aimed at replenishing depleted yin or yang, and it is through this process that the balance of yin and yang is re-established.
www.acupuncturetoday.com /abc/yinyang.html   (549 words)

  
 Yin and Yang
Therefore the front of the body is relatively yin and the back of the body is relatively yang.
As a theory yin / yang is a view of the Universe based upon centuries of experience and observation by the Chinese people.
Although yin and yang may appear to be opposites, they only exist by virtue of each other.
www.soton.ac.uk /~maa1/chi/philos/yin.htm   (512 words)

  
 Yin & Yang and the I Ching
Yin originally meant "shady, secret, dark, mysterious, cold." It thus could mean the shaded, north side of a mountain or the shaded, south bank of a river.
Yang in turn meant "clear, bright, the sun, heat," the opposite of yin and so the lit, south side of a mountain or the lit, north bank of a river.
Although it is correct to see yin as feminine and yang as masculine, everything in the world is really a mixture of the two, which means that female beings may actually be mostly yang and male beings may actually be mostly yin.
www.friesian.com /yinyang.htm   (5316 words)

  
 Yin and Yang Energy
The Yin and Yang Theory is one of the oldest philosophical theories, its study has revealed that it has a strong mathematical system underlying it.
Yin and Yang are opposite and yet they are the two sides of a coin.
The five elements theory is a kind of corollary to the yin and yang theory and allows you to correct your immediate environment - using the yin and yang properties of the five elements along with yin and yang properties of different Feng Shui colors.
www.thespiritualfengshui.com /yin-and-yang.php   (1358 words)

  
 3Q Version:Where does the Chinese Yin Yang symbol come from?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Yin represents eternity, dark, feminine, left side of the body, etc. Yang is its opposite and represents history, light, masculine, right side of the body, etc.'' "Yang is male, positive, and represented by the Sun.
Masonry also uses the concept of yin and yang in their symbolism but it is in a disguised form.
Since there is some yin (female) in the yang (male), which is represented by the little dot, and some yang in the yin, the concept of bisexuality is also symbolised.
www.threeq.com /pages/symbols/yingyang.htm   (3187 words)

  
 Yin-Yang Theory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Yang is the bright side and Yin is the dark side.
Yin and yang oppose each other and at the same time have an interdependent relationship.
Diseases caused by yang pathogens usually present with heat symptoms, and diseases caused by yin pathogens usually present with cold symptoms.
www.orientalmedicine.com /bt_yin_yang.htm   (303 words)

  
 Chinese Cultural Studies:  Ying and Yang in Medical Theory
Illness was seen as a disturbance in the balance of Yin and Yang or the Five Agents caused by emotions, heat or cold, or other influences.
Yang creates the air, while Yin creates the senses, which belong to the physical body When the physical body dies, the spirit is restored to the air, its natural environment.
To determine whether Yin or Yang predominates, one must be able to distinguish a light pulse of low tension from a hard.
academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu /core9/phalsall/texts/yinyang.html   (1136 words)

  
 Yin and Yang
The principle of Yin and Yang is the foundation of the entire universe.
This cyclical nature of Yin and Yang, the opposing forces of change in the universe simply mean that every phenomenon changes to its opposite in an eternal cycle of reversal.
This cyclic and opposite nature of Yin and Yang is very aptly illustrated through the Yin-Yang or the Tai-Chi symbol which is derived from the universe.
www.asianartmall.com /yinyangarticle.htm   (643 words)

  
 Yin/Yang Symbol   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Yang may be compared to man; Yin to a woman.
Yin is born (or begins) at the Summer Solstice and Yang is born (or begins) at the Winter Solstice.
Therefore, a little fl circle Yin is marked on the Summer Solstice position, and a little white circle Yang is marked on the Winter Solstice position.
tkdtutor.com /06Theory/Psychology/YinYang/YinYangSymbol.htm   (552 words)

  
 Yin - Yang
The shape of the yin and yang sections of the symbol, actually gives you a sense of the continual movement of these two energies, yin to yang and yang to yin, causing everything to happen: just as things expand and contract, and temperature changes from hot to cold.
Yang the lucid force of light truly is represented by the four extremities- and Yin the
Yin and Yang should be respected to an equal extent.
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 China: Dim Sum: Yin and Yang   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The idea of Yin and Yang is represented as a circle of two curved and equal parts.
The Yin side is fl and is described as feminine, mysterious, dark, and negative.
Within each element of Yin and Yang was the seed of the other, and when Yin and Yang worked in harmony together all was good in the world.
www.newton.mec.edu /Angier/DimSum/Yin%26Yang%20Define.html   (496 words)

  
 Yin and Yang
Nothing is ever absolutely Yin or Yang that is why there is a white dot (yang) within the Yin and a fl dot (yin) within the Yang.
Yin and Yang are arising continuously out of the ceaseless, eternal movement of One Infinite Universe.
The terms Yin and Yang are simple reference points to describe the extremes of the whole; separate yet united, different yet constantly changing into its opposite.
www.self-healing.com.au /MACRO/yinyang.html   (275 words)

  
 Yin Yang   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The word Yang originally meant, "the sunny side of the slope." It is associated with heat, expansiveness, light, stimulation, movement, activity, excitement, exteriority, upwardness, outwardness and increase.
Yin originally meant, "the shady side of the slope," and was associated with cold, rest, responsiveness, passivity, darkness, interiority, downwardness, inwardness, and decrease.
The yin side of a hill changes throughout the day as the earth turns, it is in constant change and constant relationship with the yang side.
home.earthlink.net /~yvonr/tarot/further/yinyang.html   (513 words)

  
 Acupuncture.com.au - Education - Yin and Yang
Yin and Yang are two opposing but complementary forces found in all things in the universe.
Yang the lucid force of light truly is represented by the four extremities- and Yin the turbid force of darkness stores the power of the six treasures of nature.
To determine whether Yin or Yang predominates, one must be able to distinguish a light pulse of low tension from a hard pounding one.
www.acupuncture.com.au /education/theory/yinandyang.html   (1141 words)

  
 YIN/YANG
This principle is divided into two opposite principles, or two principles which oppose one another in their actions, yin and yang.
Under yang are the principles of maleness, the sun, creation, heat, light, Heaven, dominance, and so on, and under yin are the principles of femaleness, the moon, completion, cold, darkness, material forms, submission, and so on.
Each of these opposites produce the other: Heaven creates the ideas of things under yang, the earth produces their material forms under yin, and vice versa; creation occurs under the principle of yang, the completion of the created thing occurs under yin, and vice versa, and so on.
www.wsu.edu:8080 /%7Edee/CHPHIL/YINYANG.HTM   (687 words)

  
 CHAPTER 5: YIN AND YANG
Yang is hard, resistant and tense, Yin is soft, yielding and relaxed.
On Earth Yang is strong and Yin is weak, and in Nature Yang is male and Yin female.
Old Yang, is steady in movement and radiation; it is symbolized by the full moon and the sun at noon.
www.chanceandchoice.com /ChanceandChoice/chapter5.html   (6245 words)

  
 Yin and Yang   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In Chinese philosophy, the rhythm of life, which pulsates through the universe, is the action of complementary principles Yin and Yang.
When Yin reaches its climax, it recedes in favour of Yang, then after Yang reaches its climax it recedes in favour of Yin.
The ideal state of things in the physical universe, as well as in the world of humans, is a state of harmony represented by the balance of Yin and Yang in body and mind.
www.thebigview.com /tao-te-ching/yin-yang.html   (126 words)

  
 Taoism - Yin and Yang
Yin and yang are the most familiar terms to the Western public, being equally, or even better known than
As a matter of fact, yin and yang are not mysterious, at least not for the Chinese.
According to Legge, yin and yang are not such old as one may think.
www.taopage.org /yinyang.html   (565 words)

  
 Yin & Yang: the Online Comic
Yin & Yang had been created as an outlet of frustration over my lack of control over my situation and my broken relationships.
While Yin & Yang hasn't grown like some of the people I started out with; nor would probably find us ever moving to keenspot or fully print-only material.
Yin and Yang is hosted on Keenspace, a free webhosting and site automation service for webcomics.
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