Yin and Yang are 2 samples born of the “Great Limit”. The sign tells us about the principle of harmony in the world. The concept came to us from Taoist philosophy and symbolizes two opposites, closely related and complementary.
Without the dark side there is no light side and vice versa. In this article we will tell you how to correctly interpret the Yin-Yang icon and the concept it represents and what it means.
What are Yin and Yang
This is not just a term, its meaning is fraught with a whole philosophy. Yin Yang - translated as the opposite and graphically expressed as a combination of white and black colors: feminine and masculine, the light and dark side of life.
They represent it as a stage of simple cyclic unfolding of universal existence, which took place according to these ideas in a strictly defined order, with the greatest separation of two opposing properties.
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There is another interpretation - triple Yin-Yang (in the picture these are 3 combinations), which also connects den. Dan is something gray, neutral.
Enemies and Hazards
These are the enemies and hazards of Yin Yang. Most enemies can be removed by jumping on them or pushing a box into them.
- Spikes
– Spikes are found in almost every level and will remove all of Yin or Yang's hearts upon touching. - Worms
– Worms move slowly around the area. Worms can be found on ceilings and will fall as soon as Yin or Yang move under them. - Birds
– Birds bounce on the ceiling and floor. They cannot be removed, only avoided. - Pigs
– Pigs move along the floor. Unlike Worms, Pigs can jump onto and over things. They will also fall into pits. - Spike Heads
– Spike heads are stationary and also cannot be removed. They are heads with spikes surrounding them. Unlike regular spikes, touching a spike head will only get rid of one heart. - Dragons
– Dragons will copy Yin and Yang's movement from the opposite dimension. They can be tricked if the player only moves while swapping between Yin and Yang. - Bees
– Bees will chase Yin and Yang. They can swap dimensions. They will chase whoever is currently selected.
Yin-Yang sign
The meaning of the symbol gained popularity in the design with black and white fish; there were other black and white diagrams with similar designs in the form of hemispheres and squares inside a circle. The diagram with black and white fish symbolizes the Great Ultimate, a Taoist philosophical term.
The meaning of Yin and Yang depicts a universe that consists of 2 opposites, Yin and Yang, which form a whole only in a single combination.
Two dots in the symbol mean that each of the two energies, at the highest level of its realization, already contains the grain of its opposite and is ready to transform into it. Yin-Yang is written in different ways.
Interactive Objects
These are the objects of Yin Yang.
- Symbols
– Symbols boost the player's score by 25 each. - Exit Flags
– There are two exit flags on every level. The level is completed when they are reached. - Boxes
– The boxes can be pushed and pulled by Yin and Yang. Yin and Yang can travel through boxes of the opposing world. - Signs
– Signs occasionally to explain new elements of the game. Pressing “Control” while in front of them will cause their text to be displayed. - Ladders
– Ladders are found around the game. Yin and Yang can climb them. - Gravity Switches
– Gravity switches can change gravity for Yin or Yang to reach certain areas. - Moving Platforms
– Moving platforms can be used to ride on top of, or can be used as a tunnel to travel through for the opposite dimension. - Key Switches
– Key switches remove lock blocks in the opposite dimension for as long as Yin, Yang, or a box is on top of one. - Lock Blocks
– Lock blocks are removed by key switches. - Changing Blocks
– Changing blocks change from black and white and can also be used as platforms or tunnels. - Box Passers
– Box passers move boxes placed in them to the other world, changing the boxes' color.
Hidden meaning
Being the fundamental model of all things, the concept of Yin-Yang reveals 2 provisions that explain the nature of Tao (one of the most important Chinese philosophies). Tao is a path that has neither beginning nor end.
A person who has comprehended this path becomes immortal. According to philosophy, everything tends to change, and opposites attract each other.
The purpose of human existence is thus the balance and harmony of opposites. There can be no “final solution” because nothing is final and final.
The nature of Yin-Yang was changing all the time. In the beginning it was a mountain with 2 sides, and only under Confucius it acquired the meaning that we know today, as masculine and feminine.
Feminine - “Yin” is dark, mysterious, unexpected, it rather means peace. Masculine - “Yang” – light, bright, personifies movement.
Energy qualities
Feminine: Shakti, Yin, Prakriti
Time of day: night, darkness.
Planets: Moon, Venus.
Qualities: flexibility, softness, pliability, humility, obedience, compliance, agreement, acceptance, following, fluidity, chaos, inertia, coldness, heaviness, slowness to the point of lethargy, grounding energy, always tends downward. Represents matter.
In the human body, Yin is responsible for the lower part.
Yin energy can be compared to flowing water. Imagine this image. Water has no form, it takes the form of the surrounding world. She adapts, fills herself.
The earth also possesses powerful Yin energy: it obediently grows seeds within itself, humbly fills with strength not only cultivated plants, but even weeds. It does not act - it lies as a potential force and waits to be used.
Yin energy calms, grounds, and gives deep strength. But to better understand its nature, you need to imagine a clot of energy that looks like a ball. It doesn't move anywhere because it's inert. It simply sits in space, waiting for a movement vector and the opportunity to be used.
That is, female energy is strength without a vector! Strength in itself, because the word “shakti” is translated exactly like that: “power.” Shakti contains enormous energy potential.
The scriptures say: being separated from Shakti, Shiva (the male principle) was in emptiness in non-action, his whole being was immersed in a trance, his body was immobilized. And when Shakti united with Shiva, Shiva awakened and began to act.
This often happens in life: a man lives alone, he has a sofa, a stove and a refrigerator with instant food. For example, one single man I know in his house has a large bed, a table with a computer, a refrigerator and a stove, nothing else - no dining table, no chairs, although the apartment is huge. And such men live calmly, they don’t need anything special. And then a woman appears in the life of such a man
