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| 08 Sep 2012 02:43 PM |
Just so everyone knows, Yin-Yang (pinyin in Chinese) is a philosophy in Taoism, basically it means that polar opposites or seemingly contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other in turn in relation to each other.
Translation: Everything has both yin and yang aspects as light could not be understood if darkness didn't exist, and shadow cannot exist without light.
I've heard people say that it's the philosophy that there's only black and white, no grey areas, I've also heard people say it means lightness and darkness are always in battle, which is also false. It's like I'm the only one who understand Taoistic philosophy... |
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Hyphalax
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| 08 Sep 2012 02:45 PM |
| I like how a Christian is explaining Taoism to the Internet. |
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| 08 Sep 2012 02:45 PM |
@Hypha The post was 6 sentences at most, are you that lazy that you didn't read less then 6 sentences? |
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| 08 Sep 2012 02:46 PM |
@Commander Taoism is more of a philosophy then a religion, and I make it a point to know more then just one religion, I'm not an ignoramus... |
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| 08 Sep 2012 02:47 PM |
| Indeed, but most people are. |
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| 08 Sep 2012 02:48 PM |
"Indeed, but most people are."
Like you, assuming that a religion defines what you can and cannot know? |
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| 08 Sep 2012 02:57 PM |
| I forgot to mention that Yin-Yang doesn't label one side "good" and one "bad", but rather that is the decision of the beholder to decide for himself/herself which is which. Sometimes, the answer may be to the beholder neither. |
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| 08 Sep 2012 02:59 PM |
"The post was 6 sentences at most, are you that lazy that you didn't read less then 6 sentences?"
they were pretty long sentences |
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| 08 Sep 2012 03:01 PM |
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without light we wOULDN'T SEE |
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| 08 Sep 2012 03:02 PM |
@kick Yes, and without darkness we would have a lot harder time sleeping. |
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| 08 Sep 2012 03:06 PM |
"Yes, and without darkness we would have a lot harder time sleeping."
no when you get tired you sleep |
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| 08 Sep 2012 03:07 PM |
@kick Yes, but without the darkness, we probably wouldn't get to sleep early enough because of light everywhere, therefore we would get less sleep, therefore messing with us in many many ways. |
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| 08 Sep 2012 06:09 PM |
"Yes, but without the darkness, we probably wouldn't get to sleep early enough because of light everywhere, therefore we would get less sleep, therefore messing with us in many many ways."
we'll just learn how to sleep with only light |
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