The TaiJi symbol of Yin and Yang is a Mandala of the highest order. It represents the duality that is perceived in the phenomenal world we experience each day – the duality of corresponding opposites.
The poles of a magnet, night and day, male and female, the positive and negative of the atom, action and no action. The Endless list of moving and changing complements in this world, this universe. Our lives are lived in the ever changing yet renewing balance. The only constant we can be assured of is change. Change that moves through cycles of birth, growth, decay and death.
Our understanding of good health along this journey is in the balancing of these complementary opposites. We must find the right amount of sleep, food, action, solitude, connections, loving, and of being loved.
Perhaps the greatest insight this medicine reveals is the interconnectedness of all things – that the universe is a vast ecosystem where everything touches and connects. This implies order and intimacy at the heart of the universal design.
Acupuncture, with its idea of Qi and meridians, points to this design within the human body. The human body in turn, is a template for understanding society, the Earth and the Universe. To affect one part is to impact the whole system.
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