【Description】
Things do not always go our way in life. However, it is possible to overcome obstacles and turn hardships into great achievements to make our lives extraordinary.
There is no absolute “good” or “bad,” and there is no permanent “positive” or “negative.” The “yin-yang theory” described by Grandmaster JinBodhi helps us understand that “yin alone doesn’t enable growth; yang alone cannot bring life.” It also allows us to welcome the positives in life while also being able to make good use of the negatives without worry or fear, creating a balanced and secure life.
【You will learn】
- The way of yin and yang in life
【Featured aphorisms】
- There are always two sides to everything.
- l The balancing of yin and yang is the foundation of all matters.
- l Balancing is not about offsetting the positive or negative elements, but about promoting steady growth.
- l The way of steady, balanced growth is the safest way.
【Content】
In general, everything in this world exists because of yin and yang. How much does a person suffer in life? Here, let’s draw a line. Let’s refer to the middle as the “point of zero”. As for the 2 sides, one is positive and the other is negative. The energy represents your experiences and feelings.
Things such as poverty, starvation, sickness, physical abuse, pain, fatigue, losing both parents, etc. All these bad experiences can be called “negative” for now. Say, my negative energy is on this line of life. It might stimulate more positive energy from me. Say, this is how much negativity you have on your life bar: 3cm. It means that this much negativity is going to give rise to some positivity.
Everyone is different. For some, the ratio is 1 to 1. There is also 3cm of positivity. Their positive energy is stimulated. 3cm of suffering for them equals 3cm of blessings. This depends on your fate and capacity for enlightenment. Some can stimulate 10cm of positive energy. Or it can be 100cm. His power of innovation for his entire lifetime is stimulated. Such people are born with a big capacity for enlightenment. They are born with it. This is what we commonly refer to as merits. So it is actually good for us to experience this negative side as it stimulates positive energy.
OK, I drew a second graph. What if I am born into a wealthy family? I am smart, good-looking, healthy, have good grades, and I am excellent at work. OK. Therefore, my whole process of growing up has been very positive. I receive positive energy. Also 3cm. I get 3cm of positivity.
This person is also very “insightful” and got 10cm of negative energy. So all his life, he has been blessed with good food, good clothes, family wealth and good looks. Everything about him is excellent. He is also very intelligent and knows how to draw inferences and apply them to other situations. But in the end, you have wasted your life.
This accumulation of energy is based on the yin-yang theory. When I was learning this theory, my master said, “Yin alone doesn’t enable growth; yang alone cannot bring life.”
I will draw a symbol of yin and yang. What does this symbol suggest? Firstly, when an element reduces or expands to its extreme, it will contain positive or negative energy. That is how energy in the Universe and our planet exists. Positive and negative energy oppose and give rise to each other. This is made apparent in birth. A new life is created from the combination of a man and a woman. This is how all conditions and energy on Earth exist.
This is also the nature of all matters. The positives, such as happiness, wealth, power, good looks, all these are wonderful things that we assume are
positive. But all these positives are tied to the negative side. When you draw a circle here, it becomes a yin-yang symbol. When I combine these energies in my drawing, that is yin and yang.
These 2 forces have their own way of development. Enduring 3 years of suffering doesn’t mean you will enjoy 3 years of blessing. Well, you could die days after your blessings arrive. Or, suffering for 3 years could bring 70 years of blessing. Or a lifetime’s blessing. It is all possible. The ratio is known by Heaven, but not to humans. But there are 2 sides to everything in life.
In our Energy Bagua, walking Double-Yang Palms alone won’t make you the best. You will lose yang instead. How about Double-Yin Palms? Then you will be left with nothing. You should pursue the way of balance. Does that mean no growth at all? Try balancing for 3 years and you will become healthier and develop more energy.
The balance of yin and yang is how life is formed. Balancing is not about weakening. The purpose of pursuing balance is to improve steadily. The steady way is the safest way.