Something to Ponder

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Shinto is often said to be a simple and pure religion of nature. The Universe is asymmetric. In everything either yin or yang predominates: there is nothing neutral. The entire Universe is spoken of as positive.

The symbol of the great tai chi represents a universally uniform cosmic asymmetry within space-time itself. It consists of two opposing magatama (jewel of japan, three treasures). It symbolizes a conical helical form that in both sides is clockwise in direction and implies the inability of the two opposite-hands structure to exist simultaneously. It is a symmetric symbol with asymmetric properties in the symbolism.