The meaning of the yin and the yang is well put. It seems to me, for there to be any stable relationship, one partner is submissive (normally female) and the other is directional (male) When both people become directional this creates fighting. There is also the yin and the yang from within, as my yang is my expectations and my yin is my serenity to the truth. The truth is I do not want to suffer. My expectations are meant to keep me from suffering, yet the truth is I never quite meet my expectations so I suffer. When I feel my guilt, within deep self-consciousness, this is my yang and my yin is accepting the truth with emotional serenity. Learning to experience life in truth takes a tremendous yin and without my reactive mind speaking a “yea but.” The weight of my “should” and “ought” is felt and is even felt by everyone: not only should I do this or that so should everyone else. So it seems the truth of the yin and yang is from within and is the ability to listen to my guilt without feeling guilty, from obligation to enthusiasm, from constraint to freedom. Truly war and peace from within is my yin and yang and are the expectations I live with in reference to my suffering.
On Aug 21, 2012 Syd wrote :