Yang and Yin

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I was reading a new book that compliments the I Ching. In it I noticed that it defined the symbol for Yang-Yin or as it was originally called, "Firm and Yielding." I always wondered what the "dots" or as they call them the "seeds" were representative of and this seems like the most accurate description.

The circle represents "perfection." There are some other definitions of this circle which I will address on later postings. This is the perfect symbol to represent the way of the Tao or the way of nature itself here on the Earth.

We are all in a constant state of "flux" and the enfolding of light and dark with the seeds representing a rebirth of dark and light with no end can be equated to the cycles or phases of the sun and moon.

The swelling of the large area or contours with the seed in the "center" is also representative of the birth of its opposite and so on.

This is something worth delving into as it helps us understand the "way" of things in the world in which we live and can provide us insight into the answers of the myriad things we encounter following the path of the Tao.

[Kenpo Gokui referenced by the emblem, i.e. firm and yielding as in hard and soft with heaven and earth or sun and moon not to mention the changes of the symbol with the seeds being in a waxing-waning cycle, etc...think about it.]