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The ubiquitous yin-yang symbol holds its roots in Taoism/Daoism, a Chinese religion and philosophy. The yin, the dark swirl, is associated with shadows, femininity, and the trough of a wave; the yang, the light swirl, represents brightness, passion and growth. John Bellaimey explains why we all contain the spirit of yin and of yang -- and how we can achieve a balance of both in our lives.
Lesson by John Bellaimey, animation by TED-Ed.
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"Don't worry about being the best. Be who you are."
Be who we are is one of the hardest thing to do .
How do you define, "best"?
The animation at that part speaks to me ;")
*Im both*
I was reading this when he just said that-
Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.
Red Fox The true meaning of the yin and yang is. A little bit of darkness must be in the light and a little bit of light must be in the darkness for there to be balance which will make us whole.
@@hawaiiman33 you nail it.
heng zheng I figured it out when I was given the ultimate gift of clarity. I even figured out what time is.
heng zheng You see, light and darkness were both created for different reasons, but can coexist and work together for the same purpose.
It is inevitable.
I'm a Chinese ,and I find this video is good ! yin and yang is really a great philosophy in Chinese culture , unlike other religion , we do not believed the exist absolute good or bad , absolute right or false , we pursue to make balance with the world , sometimes it sound a little ridiculous , cause we been told there is bad and good , but, if you think further more , you will find there is no really good and bad exist . thanks to this video for sharing Chinese culture .
so true . to me it shows true harmony . Harmony of balance . its a better understanding of the universe then the God and Satan of the religious philosophy .
Addu Malah much agreed
+Addu Malah agree!
+Addu Malah I do not believe that I am the creator of my own life, I did not even start it. I must take moral and legal responsability for my actions, but I am aware that they were influenced by something esternal of myself.
+Ryan Wen Hehe, I just realized I've been Taoist for 12 years already. Of course I've grown a lot during that time but these views still hold true. Gonna have to admire the cultural heritage of China and hope it will positively impact the world for centuries to come.
Ancient people had such deep insights and spiritual connection. Yin and Yang are simple yet complex, easy to understand yet hard to grasp. If we go even deeper Yin and Yang can even be applied at the cellular or even atomic levels of life. Such an amazing concept from genius ancestors
Yea when things become complex
@@alex-dj3of nothing is complex. There is always reason for everything.
It's less about having deep insight and more so about being one of the first self-recognitions of the thought process in human cognition.
@@Jomuerudoumandanberarumino Being complex doesn't mean there's no reason behind it. Physics is a simple example of something being both complex and the reason behind natural laws.
Because tik tok wasn’t invented yet
2:15 I know that it's depends on situation on something, but I thought in generally case "Male is Yang" and "Female is Yin".
Male are Yang, the strong and looks hard from outside. But they have the soft, kind, and wise part inside (like when they're with families or love circumstances)
Meanwhile, Female are Yin for their softness, kind, and beauty. But inside they're strong and tough in heart.
this is such a nice way to look at it!
A wonderful way to look at it 👍🏻
@@kelvinhendrianto5192 oh, that's sounds really nice! Could you please give me the source of your explanation? Because it's really interesting and I want to read more further about that story.
Though, I'm sorry but what I was meaning was "everything could have both yin and yang in their life", I guess I failed to picture it on words, haha. But since what you told me is something new story for me...I think I probably missed it somewhere when I learned about Chinese's lore and culture before, so I want to know more!! ✨
@@kelvinhendrianto5192 oof, that's such a shame then. It's okay, guess gonna buried myself with some books again. Tysm anyway~~ XDD
@@kriztelanimations2308 I already know I’m gonna get called sexist for responding to you in any negative way but, that’s low.
Yin+Yang = Balance
flow slow blow glow plow The true meaning of the yin and yang is. A little bit of darkness must be in the light and a little bit of light must be in the darkness for there to be balance which will make us whole.
As all things should be.
Balance must be preserved
Fast and Easy it can be once everyone knows this to be true.
War also happens because of the yin & yang.
This is why we will never have world peace or world chaos.
Anything is possible...
Ålex Gämbïnø I agree the yin yang philosophy states balance how to opposites co-exists no matter how they are, they can stay very peacefully. One cannot coexist without the other because it break the yin yang cycle light is to dark as water is to fire. Keeping all this in mind, it reminds us that opposites can live in harmony. So I can live my own life my way as others can live their lives however they please. Chinese culture majority being atheist live by this simple philosophy and yet they seem to be the most optimistic people .. yin yang has always fascinated me growing up just now I’m starting to research more and more on the topic and I don’t regret it. To wrap up this long summary trust the world and all the changes it has to throw at you change is a natural occurrence and the worst we can do is fight change and cling to what we have. So embrace the change rather than trying to resist .🙏🏼
The only thing this theory misses is the grey areas!
OR half the world will live in peace while the half lives in chaos, which is literally the worst way to live on this planet. This symbol isnt about duality, otherwise the dots wouldn't be there.
Ålex Gämbïnø
Peace and chaos are states of mind that you find within and reflects your external world
I've lived a big part of my life in accordance to this symbol (studied a bit of daoism). I therefore thought I would already know everything this video would have to offer. But 40 seconds in and you have already blown my mind.
This has taught me 2 things.
1) Humility, something that Daoism is founded on, is a forgetable but important virtue.
2) I should seek others who have have ventured down the same path because they more than likely have learned or observed something I missed or never realized.
Thank you.
I always saw it as: Yang the light, Yin the dark, all light has darkness and all darkness has light. Without each other they do not exist.
IvettaB that's a very Tumblr-ish definition but I guess you're not totally wrong
doesnt really make sense since darkness is the absence of light
But how do you know it is darkness without previously experiencing light?
IvettaB ....that's not true ! you are dualising it ! that's a common misconception amongst Cultural Christian Westerners ....it's not a dualism at all. The Yin was first and is MORE important. The Yin CAN exist alone !! The Yang cannot exist alone , it needs the Yin to exist. The Yin is the Origin AND destination of the Yang. The Yin is the SUBSTRATE of the Yang. The Yin is pure Darkness/ Nothingness , yet within it is infinite potential. The Yin creates AND destroys at the same time , through the same action .......Solve et Coagula. It creates only to destroy , like Mephistophiles in the famouse German play called "Faust" . The thing that this Dark Yin creates and destroys is YANG. Everything you can perceive with your senses is Yang , all things , even space and time are Yang. The Yin is more akin to ENTROPY than any "thing".
thanks for commenting when I watched the video at 2:09 I believed that yang was the darkness he explains it after but I still was confused even at 2:29 . I appreciate that.
Yin is the destination, and Yang is the journey. Without one or other, nothing will longer achievable.
💯
@@tangagusar1565 so is Yin(Bad and has a Good Side)and Yang(Good has a Bad Side)then Moon(Bad)can be Good?and the Sun(Good)can be Bad?.
@@MiguelRodriguez-dk2ds its the opposite my g
@@sagarmagar6201 Not really.
@@Jedi_Are_Scum yin = journey & yang = destination. that’s the consensus
A second after I watched the whole video I already forgot which ones which.
Kimikutchi 😂😂😭😭
Same here
same-
it doesn't matter which side is which it's all abstract, that's the point
male in yang and female is yin.... sun is yang moon is yin... everything that is aggressive is yang and receptive is yin
Implementing the lessons I learned from this channel changed my life trajectory and learning that there’s a yin and yang in everything. I wouldn’t have appreciated the power of kindness if someone was not cruel to me; I wouldn’t have realized the importance of growth if I didn’t see myself stagnating; I wouldn’t have appreciated the importance of health if I didn’t get sick; lastly, I wouldn’t have appreciated the growth of my TH-cam channel about self development if I didn’t start from 0.
"in the good there is bad and the bad there is good."
@moon enthusiast Exactly.
Not exactly. Anything that exceed is bad. Balance is good
Not exactly. Anything that exceed is bad. Balance is always good
And This Is Life
👍👍👍
Yin and Yang to me means that everything has a positive and negative side to it
For example knife
Knife is often see as something dangerous, a weapon
But from Yang's view, it's something to defend yourself or to cook food with
While from Yin's view, it's something lethal and dangerous
Yin Yang theory helps to broaden view on how we see things usually
A threat might be a chance
:0
***** Yea I do know the speed of darkness is faster, but I myself personally don't believe in the law of physics
This is because even black hole itself bends (or even break) the law of physics, so I won't be touching the topic regarding speed of light or darkness
Your concept is interesting through =D
+Crimson Claw It's not the knife that is dangours. It is the person who holds the knife make it dangours.
What if the knife is falling?
Falling from where to where lol
Imagine being that person who has the surname “Yin” and is dating a person with the surname “Yang”
Wedding: "I now pronounce you Yin and Yang."
Yang is actually a surname, Idk if that surname Yin exists but if it does, it's really rare
Their kid is gonna be the dragon warrior
☯️
That would be a cute couple idea 🙂
Beautifully explained! Whether a telephone pole is yin or yang does obviously not matter. As long as you realize that everything is in perfect harmony, even if it sometimes seems not to be, you have understood the meaning behind it. Go with the flow and stay safe!
Yin is spiritual energy.
Yang is physical energy.
Without each other life does not exist.
Mawaki it will it will just be unbalanced like how it is now. yin and yang. Light and darkness were both created for different reason, but work together as a unit toward the same purpose. Balance. The true meaning of the yin and yang is. A little bit of darkness must be in the light and a little bit of light must be in the darkness for there to be balance which will make us whole.
@@hawaiiman33 Light implies darkness. Darkness implies light. Everything implies its opposite. If there were no opposites, there would be no universe.
@@gregorybrian well actually. A little bit of light must be in the darkness and a little bit of darkness must be in the light for there to ever be Balance.
@@gregorybrian darkness and light are complete opposites. One does not understand the other, they were both create for different reasons but work together for the same purpose and that is to actually create The Balance this plain needs.
I see that naruto reference here
I'm even more confused by seeing this😵
Anshuraj Sedai same
according the my philosopher lecturer, is great to be confuse. By the way, confusion is yin 😂
Same
Same
Anshuraj Sedai RIGHT😳! BEYOND confused 🤷🏽♀️
The Yin Yang also means "Every evil has good and every good has evil"
+Ethan King (Ethantube07) An old man once said to me: You can't see the good things without any bad things
It's not really about evil or good... but rather opposing forces & nature.
+BioCapsule agreed
Irene King all things are relative
Nature is nature, no good Nor evil. Believe or not believe, it is human nature, so it is part of Dao.
Ying /yeen/ is a Chinese word also used to describe shade, like shade under a tree (su ying = tree shade). Yang (aaaalmost sounds like 'young' in English) is light or brightness. Tai yang means light from sun. To characterize these two, passive, softer, negative, and "feminine" qualities are considered ying. Shade is passive if that helps you remember. Then, the opposite qualities (active, strong, hard, positive, extrovert, "masculine") are assigned to yang. This is not to say women are always ying and men are yang. The idea is like physics, for every action there is a reaction. They are opposites, complements, they are transformative to become the other, and they are in a sense....equal. A rainstorm can lead to sunny green landscapes, for example.
Yin not Ying. Shu not Su.
@@tony5422 Small is the Yang to Big’s Yin and Big is Yin because Big is dominant and bad which is what Yin is.
Yin and Yang seems like a really real concept of you think about it. Everything is made out of opposing forces kind of. There is no shadow without light, there is no heat without cold, there is no good without evil, there is no future without past,... and the list goes on.
Not opposed, complementary
there's no you without me
No life without death😮
mpw4c Simply put. yin and yang. Light and darkness were both created for different reason, but work together as a unit toward the same purpose. Balance. The true meaning of the yin and yang is. A little bit of darkness must be in the light and a little bit of light must be in the darkness for there to be balance which will make us whole.
Yes, definitely, in science this is very common
I have 2 sons and one is named Drake which means "Dragon" in Olde English, the other is named Phoenix. I did some research into Dragon & Phoenix in Chinese Mythology and I was surprised to learn that they both represent Yin & Yang and together they represent perfect peace and harmony, which I thought was completely awesome!
In ancient China, the empire was referred to as the "Dragon", and his wife, the empress, was referred to as the "Phoenix".
Wow that is amazing
No.
Yin = everything that takes/ holds/ shrinks,
Yang = every that gives/ flows/ extends
Well never thought of it, but this theory works perfectly fine with having vagina and penis, and that's a brilliant observation as to me.
+Circle Square vigana is called yin tao (meaning a way of yin) penis is sometimes called yang tu (meaning an apparatus of yang )
+Fangting Zhu (Floating) Can we say Yin is the introvert while Yan is the extrovert?
+Fangting Zhu (Floating) so by your definition my penis is yin and my balls is yang? the vagina is yin and my penis is yang? therefore my penis is yin and yang simultaneously?
+Atom Man Everything is yin and yang simultaneously, if I'm not wrong it just depends on which side is more encompasing
I don't know about yin and yang but one thing I learnt from this for sure is that just go with the flow don't resist the nature and accept both ur strength and weakness accept ur situation and be who u r which will make u realise there's no hardships in ur life That means u'll enjoy life
Yin and yang is exactly like Shiva and Shakti. Both are incomplete without each other. Shiva is masculine energy while Shakti is feminine energy which is the same in Taoism. Hindusim and Taoism have many similiar concepts
That's beautiful
Hinduism is copycat
@@cothinker680 Hinduism is the first and oldest religion so who did it copy from? 😂
@@cothinker680 None of the religion is copycat....
There's only one universe and therefore all the religion have laws roaming around the same universe .
Hence its obvious that the basic of all these religions will be same in some ratio.....
And by the way Hinduism is the oldest religion so there's no chance that hinduism has copied any thing from other religion.
Many great Chinese religion originate from India.
Avoid the gym (yang), fall out of shape and be depressed (yin).
Endure the hardship of working out (yin), reap the reward of good health (yang).
Be lackadaisical and blow your money impulse spending (yang), and suffer financial penalties (yin).
Suppress your urges and pay your bills on time always (yin), and have financial stability (yang).
If you chase Yang, then Yin will demand her payment with interest, always.
But give Yin her due, and Yang will take care of you.
Make sense
Yin-yang is just like Saturn. As Saturn rewards you for hardwork so it does for carelessness.
This is smart!
Too much order (yang) will turn into tyranny.
Too much chaos (yin) will turn to unpredictability.
The balance between both will give you yang with a sensible amount of yin.
@All Law Do you need to be shroomed and dabbed out first or can you just do it free flow?
I think you're overthinking 😊
I am a Taoist myself and I love this video. Taoism in itself is pretty amazing, it is all about finding your own path no one way is the right or wrong way. Whatever works for you. The center goal is just being one with the Tao. And because it is such an open religion you can interpret the Tao in many ways.
The tao that can be told is not the eternal tao
- tao te ching, chapter 1
I think I am very Ying because I was very introverted, idealistic, creative and sensitive as Yang I have clear ideas optimism and more extroversiom now. But I tend to Yin
wouldnt necessarily name this video the hidden meanings of yin and yang. considering he only covered one concept that doesnt really do the concept justice. even after this video people are still going to look at yin and yang as a duality which isnt how one is suppose to see them.
the whole point of yin and yang is to realize there isn't good and
bad. it's looking at things as a whole and noticing that there can
always be positives found in the negatives and vice-versa.
say for example a man gets a new horse for his farm. that'd be yang
because it's positive and seen generally as a good or exciting thing...
but lets say a few days after the man gets the horse his son is riding
it and he falls off and breaks his leg, this could be considered yin.
now lets say a few days after that happens the army goes by the farmers
village looking to conscript soldiers and see that the son is injured
and therefore let him be. this would be yang again. and the cycle is
endless from there.
or an example i thought was great here in the comments that i'd love to expand on was, look at a knife. is a knife yin or yang???
well...
looking at a knife from yin's perspective it could be seen as a weapon because yin represents darkness to some extent. BUT, at the same time yin also represents relaxation and submission and so it can be seen as a tool for cooking which is a positive.
looking from yang's perspective the knife can be yang as well for the same reasons. yang is seen as active which could be the knife used as a weapon. or i could represent light or positiveness and be seen as a simple cooking utensil.
yin and yang should not be looked at as 2 separate things. because they
compliment each other and work together in order to keep balance. this
is the nature of them.
no one can hear only metal music , they should also hear classical soothing music. (yang= metal) (yin=classical music)
Please read a history book before you spit out false information.
+Trolmaster - metal music's frequency is under 396hz
It stimulates aggresive
classical music's frequency is over 410hz
It is sootging as you said
There was actually a Chinese philosopher that said yin yang does not exist as it is represented, and that there are gradations of yin and yang.
I think it makes a lot of sense what you are saying....how do you know this??
The definition of "So close but so far away"
close being yang and so far away being yin.
Simple explanation: Good can be bad, and bad can be good. The two are balanced. Everybody makes mistakes and good and bad deeds.
it's not a simple explanation, it's a wrong one
I was always fascinated by the concept of Yin & Yang, I'm using the symbol as my art concept for my art class and hope it goes well
all the best 😉
My comment is yin but my like is yang
+Dream Master I thought that both would be yang when he sends them but also yin when other people read them?
+Australia Nice haha you let me choked on water you witty one
I'm sorry what
+Australia Nice in my opinion,
the comment or like is still "inside your mind" → yin．
when you write down or press "on the web" → yang。
btw i'm a Taiwanese
Rivaldoniofantarious Nelsonium But the feeling you both feel are yin and the muscles you both uses are yang =w=
"A wise person is flexible" That's what my mom says all the time too
My grandmother said the same thing
that is deep
+Vegeta even for Vegeta =)
I thought vegeta had no soul.
Carrot Slice i
really it is!
That's not, In China, we believe that 6 is yin,and 9 is yang.
Yang As The Ones Closest To You Are The Ones That Hurt You The Most
while
Yin As The Ones Farthest To You Are The Ones That Heal You The Most
the meaning of the two Chinese words : Yin is Moon , Yang is Sun .
Hellbanisher Rockz Letis is actually right, Sun in Chinese can be expressed as Tai-Yang (supreme Yang), and the moon as Tai-Yin (supreme Yin). Though the latter is rarely used in common dialogues.
And the meaning of the yin yang cosmogram is this: it is the sun and moon revolving around the earth during the equinoxes. Let me repeat that: *the sun and moon revolve around the earth* within earth's magnetic fields as represented by the lotus/lily flower cosmogram. The ouroboros (tail devourer) used by those who practice Zen (and occult secret societies) represents 24 hr daylight as the sun revolves around the earth on and around the solstices when it swallows its "tail" of light. The wedding ring is an ouroboros. The AMD RyZEN logo is an ouroboros. Yes, you have been deceived your entire life. More information can be found on my channel.
Well my last name is moon
We were taught yin is sea yang is mountain
@@misunderstandingthing6487 they can symbolize sea and mountain. Everything can be represented by yin yang .
I grew up with this philosophy when I first realized everything seems to have an opposite and decided to research this idea on the internet, and it helped me realize many things and get an intuitive understanding of many things throughout my life.
It would be really great if u could share understanding with others so that others can benefit from it.
That really yins my yang.
😂😂😂
Underrated comment.🤣🤣🤣
Wtf haha 😁😁
The fact that this comment makes sense is marvelous!
That *yangs* my *yin*
Thank you for this wonderful video and explanation. Koreans call Taoism/Daoism 도교. Korean national flag is based on the philosophy of it. We can also find the spirit in Korean alphabet system. ㅏ and ㅗ are considered bright/yang. ㅜ and ㅓare considered dark/yin.
Each Korean word block has at least one consonant and one vowel. Consonant only or vowel only cannot be spelled. They need to come as a pair in harmony.
Very well explained!
Is it just me or does the yin and yang fit perfectly with the energy within atoms. Quarks. Up and down. In protons we have 2 up and 1 down. In neutrons we have 1 up and 2 downs.
If we follow thay thought connecting it to Daoism then instead of calling quarks an arbitrary name like up and down. We could explain it as Push and Pull energy.
Light being push energy and Dark being pull energy.
That within an individual atom is a relationship between Push and Pull, or 1 and 0.
Scott Young The true meaning of the yin and yang is. A little bit of darkness must be in the light and a little bit of light must be in the darkness for there to be balance which will make us whole.
Scott Young yin and yang. Light and darkness were both created for different reason, but work together as a unit toward the same purpose. Balance. The true meaning of the yin and yang is. A little bit of darkness must be in the light and a little bit of light must be in the darkness for there to be balance which will make us whole.
Great analogy. A lot of things we learn connect, but information has been complicated so we often miss these connections
That sounds so interesting. Unfortunately thats all I can write cause I have little clue of physics...
@@mickymouse2445 what's to scale in the universe is on scale on the small too.
Yang : stronger, brighter, faster
Yin : calm, darker, slower
U might think yang is always better but remember there's no light with out darkness also you are not stronger if i am not weaker
Also too much brightness can make you blind, too much strength can isolate you,
Also strength fades away if every one around you is weaker, also weakness goes away if every one around you is stronger.
In other words
Yin is the source of yang and yang is the source of yin
They cannot be separated, they co exist
True
My personal opinion I'm pretty sure yin is the strong one but okay, the good people usually are the softies
And true you can't see the stars without the dark night sky
I'm glad that I don't have any yin in both western and chinese astorlogy
Alan Watts had a good definition for the Tao: That which is so of itself. We Westerners are used to the idea of a commander/commandee relationship to the world, i.e. God and Man, but the Tao is completely different in the sense that Nature in and of itself is self-regulating and doesn't need a commander to tell it to go. All life, including us, grow out of it, in the same way that an apple tree "apples," (as a verb) our world "peoples."
Tyler Blevins Thank you for that bit of insight! (:
+Tyler Blevins The word "being" could be a well conclusion.
Chak Ma Lau in laozi's book, which is the foundation of daoist, the first sentence may be translated to 'a conceived dao is not the precise dao' so u can may describe it but you can not conclude it.
Very well said
Very well said
this is awesomely explanation , today i teaching my kids the word of dao is was combine 2 words together , walking and head, so the dao can be mean the heading direction thats way or road, it also can be the direction of your thinking / spirits, so it can also be the spirits , like kendo , taekwondo, ju do, tea do, universe dao, etc.
Yin and Yang is like potential and kinetic energy
Nice!
Yes, Yang is the kinetic energy, in action and in motion. And Yin is the potential energy, having the capability to receive and give final shape to the energy in motion. Each complete the other ☯️
lol,just completed my conservation of momentum lecture .
Tao/Daoism has completely changed my perspective on life. Growing up in a Western culture, we are taught and pressured into only seeking strength and success while excluding weakness and failure. The only way to live a fulfilling life is not to favour one side of things since it will lead to unnatural extremes, better yet, transcend dualism and know everything is one! (This is philosophical btw, not any of that Deepak Chopra new ageism BS)
OnceUponAtimeThereWasAyoutubeUserWithAlongName 1992 What he does has plenty of meaning too, as i've discovered. It's important to try and learn from-everybody. If you feel like it doesn't apply it's fine to discard it but don't discredit everything just because it sounds "new agey"
"If you're ready to undo something, you'll progess faster."
"You must unlearn what you have learned." -- Yoda
NO LIGHT WITHOUT DARK
NO SILENT WITHOUT SOUND
NO HOT WITHOUT COLD
NO NATURE WITHOUT CHAOS
AND SO,NO GOOD WITHOUT BAD
OR IT COULD BE THE OTHER WAY AROUND
So Yin and Yang is Newton's third law
+The Ninja Otaku That's the nutshell of it :P
The Ninja Otaku which governs everything in the universe, including you, including Daoism.
Wowww.....good ! 😊
Interaction🔝
Well
道（Dao)is the most complicated thing and the most simple one.
In Chinese,if u want, Dao can explain anything
oh come on!, this year is enough I learned Yinyang, see you next year
If I wasn't an atheist, I would be a Daoist. I still love the concepts and try to model myself after them, I just don't personify these concepts.
You still can be. See my comment above.
TheTrueSoml2 actually, if you think about it, its the very basis of Physics.
92alexmaster That's a curious statement. Could you explain what you mean to me?
TheTrueSoml2 everything in physics has opposites; matter-antimatter, positive-negative charges, particles and there respective antiparticles, etc.
TheTrueSoml2 Daoism(Daojia) is not a religion,the English translation confused Daojia(a philosophy created by Laozi) and Daojiao(a religion based on Daoism),which misleads many people.
I've always had the colors mixed up and now I understand it even deeper. Thank you for this!
Not going to lie but the ''that's why you should know your yin from your yang'' part made me crack a smile... it's the first time I've smiled in months
Keep smilin;)
Not only does everything contain the seed of its opposite, but everything exists only because its opposite exists. They are inseparable, opposites sides of the same coin. No tall people, no short people. Can't write on a blackboard with black chalk. Opposites are different aspects of the same thing, only words making them seem opposite. It's all ONE. That's what the word tao means.
This philosophy is beautiful and makes so much sense.
Just like matter and anti-matter that scientists are currently trying to understand.
Like energy and dark energy in our universe.
I wish the world would live by this philosophy and not by any kind of religion.
It would be a bit more peaceful.
I need to learn more about this.
+TheCherry1994 We can also relate Tao to string theory in quantum mechanics, which is essentially energy units.
Daoism is hard to define its religion or philosophy...
+TheCherry1994 I like your comment, although I have to add that Taoism is actually a religion. Westerners divide it into philosophical Taoism and religious Taoism, but that's an artificial division.
Howard Wiggins it started as a philosophy, and later became a religion.
Your probably better going with science, you see this is a theory that although correct and amazing, contextually irrelevant today because it's such a old theory, it's only context for today's use is feelings and entertainment.
Government = Yin
Free Market = Yang
Government has the responsibility of maintaining and protecting freedom and human rights, but can be corrupted to serve darker purposes, while the free market can represent human greed, but can serve to benefit society and mankind.
Human society is like nature. It must be perfectly balanced to thrive.
Sorry, (almost) everyone, but no. You're still assigning the good/bad polarization to yang/yin when it has nothing to do with morals or any other human invention.
The "positivness" of yang can mean action, like creation (which we see as good), but it can also mean agression (which we see as bad). Yin is "negative" in the sense of stillness, like acceptance and adaptibility, or inactivity. They both manifest in ways we like to interpret in terms of good/bad, desirable/undesirable, and, ultimately, good/bad.
Daoism is much more a philosophy than a religion, because it is non-judgemental in it's essence, since it doesn't bother with human-centric (or any, for that matter) point of view.
Very well written and thank you for making it clearer to (almost) everyone.
zahudica yin and yang. Light and darkness were both created for different reason, but work together as a unit toward the same purpose. Balance. The true meaning of the yin and yang is. A little bit of darkness must be in the light and a little bit of light must be in the darkness for there to be balance which will make us whole.
Anime Senpai yin and yang. Light and darkness were both created for different reason, but work together as a unit toward the same purpose. Balance. The true meaning of the yin and yang is. A little bit of darkness must be in the light and a little bit of light must be in the darkness for there to be balance which will make us whole.
Evyn Finn yin and yang. Light and darkness were both created for different reason, but work together as a unit toward the same purpose. Balance. The true meaning of the yin and yang is. A little bit of darkness must be in the light and a little bit of light must be in the darkness for there to be balance which will make us whole.
Phoenix yin and yang. Light and darkness were both created for different reason, but work together as a unit toward the same purpose. Balance. The true meaning of the yin and yang is. A little bit of darkness must be in the light and a little bit of light must be in the darkness for there to be balance which will make us whole.
I love that perfect harmony and yet imperfect relativity.
Avatar Ang anyone?
Aang*
The Unknown Heh... No.
The Unknown yeah tui and la
The Unknown o miss avatar
can u feel it now mr krabs Same.
Similar concept in Hindusim about Ardhnareshwar..
Means we everything is balanced at it's core. We are composition of both male and female.
I personally believe
We need stormy and cloudy days to feel sunshine.
We need villains in movie to feel the hero (ofcourse this is based on perspective)
We need bad moments to enjoy the good one.
We need death to appreciate the life.
everyone has it's seed of the opposite side.
Actually every villain has a good side which is not shown in movie , that's what explained in this video
The actual name of the symbol is the taijitu (supreme ultimate), the independent elements that make up the taijitu are yin and yang, masculine, and feminine, positive and negative, destruction and construction. A common misconception of the taiji is it represents the duality of good and evil, but the Tao isn't about being morally upstanding or corrupt. It's about working in harmony with the universe and finding filial piety. They work together in a cycle to generate harmony. This corresponds with the Wuxi (five elements theory; wood, fire, metal, earth, and water) The universe is constantly in flux, shifting, changing, and adapting.
Don't forget Yuan!
Christianity in a way seems to be attempting to please a higher being (many people do good things simply to go to Heaven), while Daoism is recognizing the workings of the universe and working with it and trying to make the universe a better place because that's where you are. I'm not saying Christianity is bad, it's not and have done a lot of good to people, but Daoism is foolproof and is basically the core workings of the universe.
or just do science and prove everything you wanted to know about anything you want to exist.
Christianity isn’t about attempting to please a higher being (God), Christianity is about trying to become more like him, example: not submitting to sin, being someone who looks beyond themselves, and knowing there’s someone (God) that wants the best for you and your life cause he knows everything about you and everyone on this earth. He has a plan and it just your choice to follow that plan cause God gives us self will over your life he’s just waiting for you to choose him. In Daoism the religion knows there’s a higher power that’s out there.
"Just waiting for you to choose him."
So they still need to please someone.
@EggyRepublic
Christianity is in fact bad. It's okay to admit it.
What if, there is a God?
I'm largely an atheiest but I find dowism to make more sense the the other religions of the world.
apologies i wasn't looking at the spelling properly
+Peter Hortensius I understand you point. I was an atheist before becoming taoist =)
Me too! :D
Ultimately it falls down to the same thing , ying yang , god and satan. Just metaphorically presented in different scriptures imo
BuyingOGNames Well I was quite convinced.
Loved the text, narration and the lovely graphics...one of the best depictions of yin and yang
As a lifelong student of theosophical Taoism, my complements. That’s about as clean an answer as you can get.
Another way to interpret the two dots is, in every light there is darkness and in every darkness there is light; in every good there is bad and in every bad there is good. There is nothing pure philosophically, that's why there is this "balance" in everything
According to the supersymmetry theory the eastern philosophy of "yin" and "yang" is closer to the deep structure of the universe than the atom model of the greeks.
+Johannes Schröter Chinese dicovered the secret long ago. However, over time the theory was missunderstooded, and misstranslatedwithin the Chinese language itself. You might ask how do I know? I will tell you this, through out human history many had done it with different means. The most effective way is through medidation. Buddhist and Daoist are prime examples.They believe instead of trying to figureout everything first then understand/realize the universal truth; one should feel the universe then eventually the realization will come. This is really hard to explain. The sensation they talk about is parallel to the five senses we have. Experiences with the senses are far more effective than formulating such sensations in a mathatical and logical manner. For example, it is extremely difficult for you to formulate a function that describe any of the senses you have to someone who had never felt it before, and expect them to know what it is.You and I bothfelt pain, I don't have to formulate it to you in anyway for you to understand what it is. That works the same for meditation. After they felt the universe inside them they wrote down what they believe to be the ultimate truth of the universe. Thus creating these type of philosophy/religion. Look inside you, the universe is within you. The space between two atom relative to each other are so vast it can be consider infinitive.
The yin and yang are smaller than the atom, but the atom is more useful for most purposes.
The atom model of the greeks are Yang and the yin yang philosophy Yin. Both is needed. It is just that Yang is now more prominently recognised than the Yin, thus the "imbalance" of our age.
Yin is "- -",it shows "Separate"，Yang is "-"，it shows "Connections"-------Two separate things can only mean that they are connected, and one connected thing can only mean that they are separate.Yin is "space" and "Yang" is time,time&space only can use Matter，this is our konwing~
chinese cultire:儒 道 釋
儒 confucian: relationship between people and people
道 taoism yinyang:relationship between people and natural/object
釋 buddhism:relationship between people and heart/god/unknown.culture from ancient india.
Taoism.
Wow, in Hinduism we have Kundalini the explains almost what yinyang says. Kundalini is said to be our brain and the spinal cord combined and has everything to do with how we understand the universe and how we are connected to it. There are three energy lines of Kundalini. The suryanadi or the sun-cord is the yang side and the chandranadi or the moon-cord is the yin side and the madhyamnadi or the ether-cord represents the tangible space that fills information that commands the working and existence of duality or yinyang.
Chi, Prana, and Orgone are all the same life force energy that is in all creation.
Prakriti and Purusha... Shakti and Shiva.
But Hinduism has supreme gods, in taoism there isn't
@@charlinsmith8281 there are, if you didn’t know.
@@yadneshchaudhari4208 well, In the video they said there isnt any
Tales of Symphonia is what sealed my interest in yin and yang. Yang being water, fire, wind, and light (sylverant), while Yin is lightning, ice, earth, and darkness (tetealla).
The most beautiful is the most cruel. The most cruel is the most beautiful. The most loved has the most hate. The most hate has the most love, in within. The best has the worst within, vice versa.
Daoism is all about balance in the universe.
So it's more order and chaos instead of good and evil?
It's also cool how this philosophy has rooted itself in the Chinese language. The Chinese character yin has the word moon as its right component and the Chinese character yang has the word sun as its right component. Yang guang means sunshine; yin liang means shadowy. In fact, much of Chinese culture is centered around this one aspect of daoist philosophy, from medicine to linguistics to psychology.
Roy Zhu Simply put. yin and yang. Light and darkness were both created for different reason, but work together as a unit toward the same purpose. Balance. The true meaning of the yin and yang is. A little bit of darkness must be in the light and a little bit of light must be in the darkness for there to be balance which will make us whole.
"The wise person is flexible," Taoists say. Once I read, "in today's changing world being static is deadly". I think, to achieve flexibility we should develop a mindset for keen observation and awareness of our
environmental changes.
I have watched this video about 10 times but over the course of 2 yrs.
Believe me if u watch this over and over again with a time gap in between ..... You'll understand it. You'll understand the the true meaning of living life.
Good luck people 😉
I got it when you said "living life" because I'm not living, I'm surviving.
@@Kamaljama we are doing both of the things at the same time speaking TEchNicaLLy
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Funny how I knew this stuff subconsciously as a child but discovered that it was common knowledge to some over 2500 years ago. Life is great!
It's always good to come back to this video to refresh my understanding of yin and yang. This was my guided meditation for the day. Thank you.
Such a beautiful video to watch… love the way Yin and Yang are represented.
I realized that everthing is infinity and zero at the same time, through my meditation sessions. We all strive towards what we love to be accomplish, which is an infinity, but it's just another zero because we can always keep improving towards another infinity. It's the process that matters, not the destination. It's amazing to me that the Chinese have already figured this out and explained it in a much better way than I could. Yang is infinity. Yin is zero. It's truly humbling. Everything is meaningful and meaningless at the same time.
Your comment is meaningless
@@Qwerty-jc3so and meaningful at the same time.
I thought the were koi fish in some pool near the north pole
Ah, I see what you did there! Tui and La, Moon and Ocean, have always circled each other in an eternal dance. They balance each other... push and pull... life and death... good and evil.
avatar... lol
***** Ha Ha yep!
***** Yes that's true. Never realized that. Raava and Vaatu are also an embodiment of Ying and Yang!
Or the kite spirits, Ravaa and Vaatu
sadly, the narrator failed to mention that the symbol is found in nature..
if you marked a sun dial every day at noon for 365 days.. that is what you get
to understand the dao you need to observe the nature.
mind blown
Community Cab LLC Dispatcher The true meaning of the yin and yang is. A little bit of darkness must be in the light and a little bit of light must be in the darkness for there to be balance which will make us whole.
the sun & the moon
Kali Street anything that is opposite of something is The Balance.
We need to implement this balance between masculine/feminine duality energy in our societies as we only mostly operate in Yang/masculine energy and neglect the yin/feminine energy that is equally important. Eastern philosophy emphasizes balance and harmony but the Western world is just full on polarized (mostly towards yang/masculine energy) - The way the world functions is predominantly influenced by Western thought/ Modernity (western concept) and its kind of screwing up the world and making us so polarized and narrow minded
Wrong. Eastern philosophy neglect the yin feminine energy and praises Yang masculine energy, definitely not balance. For all its flaws, the West has a better depiction of Yin and Yang balance.
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Taoist says: live simply.
Vincent Van Gogh said: normality is like a paved road, it's comfortable but no flower grow.
What should I do?
Define normality.
your way of life is all about two different quote ha? Answer your question: use one's life
Live the life you wanted
Wash your bowl.
The Sphinx: "He who questions training, only trains himself in asking questions."
Mr. Furious: "WHHAAAAT?!?!?"
Extremely underrated comment
A very simple and well-illustrated explanation! I love the animations, they really depict the duality and the two counterparts of yin and yang that create a constant flux and continuity of the universal energy! ☯👏✨📚
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Yang As You Cannot Save People, You Can Only Love Them.
Yin As You Can Save People, You Can Only Hate Them.
Yong As You Can Save People, You Can Only Love Them.
I'm a Christian but I like the yin and yang video. I love the video, it's amazing!!!
Same. :)
Its dope. Taoism is more of a teaching than a religion. Its an understanding about life. A person with a religion is free to understand the concept of YinYang
That is because eastern religions tend to be more mixed with philosophy than western ones. The greeks separated religion from philosophy, while many eastern ones never made such distinction and grew in a diferent direction.
“Don’t worry about being the best” Also China: you got a 99% on this calculus test while calculating the mass and circumference of the sun!?!?!? You are not my son!!!!
But it’s likely the mindset of “don’t worry” that pushes you to be the best effortlessly 🤯
you can blame mr confucius for that
@@jennabernice haha, true
Society in general everywhere has been always far away from the ideals of Taoism. That's why many Taoists left Society and became monks or ascetic practitioners.
My Dad is A Yang Dragon and I am A Yin Rabbit, meaning my Dad is a Christian while I mustn't be A Christian. Now I understand why Christians bullied me, I will leave Christians alone and be with Steve Jobs instead. Still I heard Dragon and Rabbit has the same dream, sooo Me and my Dad can dream of Heaven only just through different religions. I must respect Jade Emperor's methods so that I don't get bullied again. Happy birthday to me.
I'm so glad you pronounced yang right
Now just to get yin right. (For the bystander, it is pronounced 'een')
As a student of acupuncture and Chinese medicine, I learn that the front of the body is the yin side and the back of the side the yang side. Basically, the places where you are more likely to be tanner are Yang, like the outside of your forearms and legs, and the top of your body verses the bottom side. There is one Yang meridian that crosses the front of the body, the Stomach meridian, but overall, I have to disagree that the front of the body is the Yang side!
Best animation ever
+Franco Isa I agree!!
Yin Yang = Culture
Culture is about who we are, how we define ourselves and how we make meaning of the world around us. It informs everything we do. Culture arises from the community... it encompasses our entire mode of life, our ethics, our institutions, our manners and our routines, not only interpreting our world but shaping it.
3:32 you could hear him laugh and i love that
But then again, this idea of "live simply" was often hypocritically used by many different monarchs to keep themselves in power and stop revolutions
YESS
your pic is ying yang ironic? I m curious any example of your comment
Sheesh, monarchs in China never advocate the "living simply" idea in Daoism. They only love the immortality benefit from practising Dao, when they actually care to promote Daoism. Please go read more books on Chinese history thank you very much.
What dictators do:
Implement free healthcare (Yang)
Restricted free speech (Yin)
Increase labour (Yang)
Cruel Labour (Yin)
Increase Military (Yang)
Remove youthfulness (Yin)
And so forth, no matter what, they're balance.
I used to think it was ying and yang.
My friend still thinks it's ying, and I can't convince her it's yin -_-
+LPSmagenta well say that that's what the whole internet and Chinese culture says. You have the approval or the whole of China 😂 and my mom
+Howlingwolf 291 Same. That's so weird too.
Ying and Yang!
as a Chinese me too prefer -ying... 'yin' is the Chinese pinyin... 阴（yìn)阳(yáng).
that's a different way of spelling it. lol
As a Christian for most of my life, Ive opened my mind to other teachings and im starting to appreciate that Yin and Yang/ Karma actually explains the world better than the Bible could.