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Professional Certification Program Reader part 2Yin And Yang: The Constancy Of Change!.2The duality of one!.2A picture worth ten thousand words!.3The children of Heaven and Earth!.4The permutations of Yin and Yang!.6Yin And Yang In Your Practice!.6Dual aspects: keep on the sunny side of .the hill?!.6The exchange of yin and yang in the phenomenal world!.8Fundamental Manifestations Of Yin And Yang:!.9The Qualities Of Yin And Yang!.11 2010 Golden Gate School of Feng Shuiwww.ggsfs.com415.945.8899page 1 of 11

Professional Certification Program Reader part 2Yin And Yang: The Constancy Of ChangeThe duality of oneAccording to Chinese cosmology, and Eastern Mysticism, the fundamental quality oflife is nothingness. Only from this state of complete openness can the world of formemerge. The condition of emptiness, in a world of form, is not contradictory. Onceabsence is acknowledged, presence is implied. By its existence, emptiness implies a“presence” to perceive and hold its “absence.”We have already seen how dualism wasinterpreted in the Western worldview. TheCartesian dualism is the model that wonout among many, including Isaac Newton –the “father of modern classical sciences.”In order to resolve the "mind-bodyproblem," the Cartesian dualism establishedtwo mutually exclusive worlds: the me thatis "inside," and the you (everything else) thatis "outside." This position finalized thedivorce between science and metaphysicshere in the West."Transformation contains both changeand stability, plurality and unity,movement and constancy. It has thenature of life, namely, to connectorganically the polar opposites, thestumbling blocks of logic, and to unitethem in an all embracing rhythm." Lama Govinda “The RadianceSutras”The “problem” of dualism did not exist forthe ancient Chinese Chinese cosmologyreveals that it is the nature of the mundane tobe transcendental. There is no problem withdualism, it is human nature. There is no need to resolve how two is derived from one,because one does not have a singular existence, another is automatically implied.This can be misunderstood when describing Tao as “oneness”. There is no singularityin "all is one." There is a cooperative unity of cofactors. Tao is “one” swirling,homeostatic mass of cooperative components. Yin and Yang are self-emergent binarypoles which alternate dominance and subordination within this swirling mass of mutualexperience. The dualistic reciprocity (or gan ying) of this relationship, establishes aself-sustaining whole. The symbol used to represent this elegant paradox is the TaiChi, known in the West as the yin/yang symbol. 2010 Golden Gate School of Feng Shuiwww.ggsfs.com415.945.8899page 2 of 11

Professional Certification Program Reader part 2A picture worth ten thousand wordsThe Tai Chi embodies the concept, that out ofthe mystery of emptiness lies the potentialof all things. It is illustrated within thedichotomy of the circle, at once expressing"The Great One produces the twoboth wholeness, and emptiness; apoles (heaven and earth), which in turnbeginning in every end. Feminine in itsgive rise to the energies of the darkemptiness and masculine in its perfection.(yin) and the light (yang). These twoA "circle whose center is everywhere andenergies then transform themselves,circumference is nowhere" is a phrase usedone rising upwards, and the otherby many philosophers, spanning diversedescending downwards; they mergecultures, to define God.again and give rise to form."Emptiness wants to be filled. From the Lu-sih ch'un-ch'iu — Spring andemptiness of the circle (a state ofAutumn Annalscomplete potential) two poles naturallyemerge, and yin and yang are manifested.These two complementary opposites areperpetually transmuting, each becoming the inverse at themoment of its highest potency. This concept is visually represented by the black andwhite portions of the Tai Chi. The black yin portion is seeded with white yang, and thewhite yang portion, is seeded with black yin, depicting their eternal, cyclic dance ofduality.The self-correcting model of yin and yang has stood the test of time. It is the longeststanding, actively used philosophy on earth. All branches of Traditional ChineseMedicine apply the same working knowledge of yin and yang, and use of the fiveelements. These are the same techniques that ancient Chinese practitioners usedthousands of years ago when diagnosing their patients. 2010 Golden Gate School of Feng Shuiwww.ggsfs.com415.945.8899page 3 of 11

Professional Certification Program Reader part 2The Tai ChiThe image of the Tai Chi illustrates how yin and yangexist in varying degrees of one, in relationship to theother. In this way the symbol suggests that yangcannot exist independently of yin just as yincannot exist independently of yang. This unityof contrasting forces is the basis of everythingthat exists in the physical world, indeed,humanity itself is an expression of that duality.The children of Heaven and EarthHumanity is the child of yin and yang (orearth and heaven). It is ourexperience of yin and yang thatcreates the material world, or“begets the 10,000 things.” Thisdual nature is our birthright. Ourbodies are created through theunity of yin (egg), and yang (sperm)."The Tao gave birth to one.One gave birth to two.Two gave birth to three.And three begat the 10,000 things.The 10,000 things carry yin and embrace yang;The dynamics of yin and yang areThey achieve harmony by combining forces."expressed throughout the corse ofour lives. Our daily cycle is one ofyin (rest), and yang (activity). The ”Tao Te Ching,” 42 verse, Lao-Tzu,passing of night to day, or winter to“Living the wisdom of the Tao”summer is yin turning to yang. WeDr. Wayne W. Dyersee dualism all around us, in themomentum of life, and themotionlessness of death. All of lifereturns to, and is born from the basic componentsof yin and yang. 2010 Golden Gate School of Feng Shuiwww.ggsfs.com415.945.8899page 4 of 11

Professional Certification Program Reader part 2SRadiating OutwardNOONPeak of YangUpward RisingSummer SolsticeSUNRISERising YangWAtumnal EquinoxVernal EquinoxSUNSETYin RisingEWinter SolsticeSinkingMIDNIGHTPeak of YinInward, ContractingN 2010 Golden Gate School of Feng Shuiwww.ggsfs.com415.945.8899page 5 of 11

Professional Certification Program Reader part 2The permutations of Yin and YangThe tensions and harmonies that make up the human world are created from thediversity of contrast that expands from the proliferation of yin and yang. “When LaoTzu speaks of “the ten thousand things” he is referring to the world of our making, thematerial world. We expand our parameters, as well as the scope of our communities,our world, and the universe, through the experience of diversity, and contrast in ourlives.The idea of dualism is not an unfamiliarconcept to Western philosophy. In fact, itpervades ancient cosmologies throughoutEurope. Dualism was an importantphilosophical concept among Greekphilosophers. Some Western philosophershave even associated the duality of polaropposites with the very nature of what it isto be human."As a single, unified thing there existsin us both life and death, waking andsleeping, youth and old age, becausethe former things having changed arenow the latter, and when those latterthings change, they become theformer." Greek philosopherHeraclitusAs we go through each day, we are siftingthrough contrast, choosing and reachingbeyond our present course. Lifeflourishes in this rhythm. Lao Tzu said:"Nature does not hurry yet everything isaccomplished." Remember this when you feel the urge to accelerate the process oflearning, or when you become overwhelmed. When you get lost in your studies ofChinese cosmology, remember that everything comes back to yin and yang. Return tothe wisdom of yin and yang for a balanced perspective in your studies, and in yourconsulting.Yin And Yang In Your PracticeDual aspects: keep on the sunny side of .the hill?The theory of yin and yang is not a static one. Certainly, we can associate each withparticular qualities (yin is cooler, darker, softer, and receptive; yang is hotter, brighter,more solid, and active). But yin and yang can only be understood in relationship toeach other. 2010 Golden Gate School of Feng Shuiwww.ggsfs.com415.945.8899page 6 of 11

Professional Certification Program Reader part 2All methods in feng shui are relational. Therefore we speak of yin and yang in terms ofpoint of view. For example: A river is more yang than a mountain which is more yin. A room with all (reflective) white walls is yang compared to a room withdarker colors (which absorb the light). An open living room with sunny south-facing windows is yang compared to abedroom at the back of the house, with few windows and heavy drapery,which is yin. Walking is yang compared to napping. The calm ocean is yin compared to the sun, but high tide can be quite yang.The relational, as well as relative qualities of yin and yang are played out in this classicanalogy: Imagine yourself on a warm hillside in the morning sun. You sit, immersed ina good book, and as the morning unfolds, you are unaware of the passing of time, untilyou notice your patch of sun is moving. The sun moves on it’s journey westward, andyou begin to move too, inching your way across the hill. By afternoon you havemigrated all of the way over to the other side of the slope. The conditions on thehillsidetransformed fromyang to yin, butyou stayed in theyang rays of thesun.YINYou had to adjustyour position tostay in the warmthof the sun,because it hadrisen higher in thesky, movingwestward. The Eastside of the hill, where you sat in the morning is still the same slope, but yourYANG 2010 Golden Gate School of Feng Shuiwww.ggsfs.com415.945.8899page 7 of 11

Professional Certification Program Reader part 2perspective of it has changed. You now regarded it as yin, and preferring toexperience the warmth of yang, you follow the sun.Yin and yang represent a process, beyond their descriptive qualities, that inextricablylinks them to one another. They have no real existence on their own. Similar to Tao,they never actually appear. But they do leave notable traces through cycles of time, asday turns to night or Winter turns to afternoon.The exchange of yin and yang in the phenomenal worldAs feng shui practitioners, we are always seeking a balance of yin and yang for ourclients. A working understanding of the qualities, and tendencies of yin and yang is anessential skill of a well trained feng shui practitioner. These are relative terms that wewill use to compare, and determine what is best for our clients in all situations usingany feng shui methodology. Yang is the yearning to become that never does. Yin is the fulfillment of that yearning through form. Yin is completion, andthat is its destruction. Yang is easily inspired, it is motivation, the arousal to action. Yin gives yang purpose and containment (something or someone to performthe action). Form is yin, and functionality is yang. The nature of appearance has disappearance in it, and yang is alwaysmoving into yin, moving into yang. The exchange between form, and action (yin and yang) is what creates thephenomenal world. 2010 Golden Gate School of Feng Shuiwww.ggsfs.com415.945.8899page 8 of 11