The principle of the yin and yang is embedded in all facets of my life

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Bertrand Tang

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December 13, 2004

Dr. Navarro

The principle of the yin and yang is embedded in all facets of my life.  But its operations have taken the subtlest of forms, unfolding through a kind of shy conspiracy, an inner dynamism in the nature of things.  Such qualities are inherent in the way Chinese traditions view things, as the web that has no weaver, an intricate and interlaced patterns of relationships of all that there is without a known creator and creation day.  It is far different from a historical timeline or a linear logic.  It surmises that everything is related to everything else and lays heavy emphasis on what is now that must be appreciated and contemplated upon rather than dwelling on the past or what will be in the future.  In the Chinese philosophical traditions, the truth of things is here and now and is laid as a never ending patchwork of bonds and connections.  Therefore a part can only be defined in view of the whole pattern, and the role that it plays in it.

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They dynamics of yin and yang are ever present, quite like the universal laws in Physics governing the movements of nature.   Each morning, I wake up with a fully restored energy level before setting to work.  Thus, each morning I am with an abundance of potential energy (yin) yet to be transformed into productive kinetic energy (yang).  Such a transformation is an unhurried, subtle development that takes place between waking up in the morning and going to bed at night.  Within this 12-hour working cycle, are smaller cycles of activities (yang) and rest (yin); naturally humans are not capable ...

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