Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Yin Yang


Yin Yang is the circle symbol with one side white with a black dot in it and the other side black with a white dot in it. It was created in China and used as an "ultimate diagram".  While it is a simple symbol, it has a lot of meaning

The black side with the white dot in it is Yin and Yang is the white side with the black dot. Yin represents slow, soft, diffuse, yielding and femininity while Yang means focused, aggressive, fast, and solid. They are supposed to be opposites, but the dot with the opposite color on each side means that there are similarities in differences.

While the two sides have many different meanings, they are mainly meant to represent dark and light. Dark and light also meant good and evil. The symbol was used to describe how  differences have similarities and that darkness can not exist without light and light cant exist without darkness.

The old yin yang symbol has been seen by many people because of its age. Although commonly seen in places everywhere, some people don’t know its actual meaning.

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