“Everything is composed of two fundamental forces, yin and yang. They’re seemingly antagonistic but actually they’re complementary. …If we could understand this reality fully, nothing would be impossible to us, for if we can understand the cause of something, we can control it.”
— George Ohsawa, Philosophy of Oriental Medicine, p.39
Twelve theorems of the Unique Principle:
1. Yin and yang are the two poles of the infinite pure expansion.
2. Yin and yang are produced infinitely, continuously, and forever from the infinite pure expansion itself.
3. Yin is centrifugal; yang is centripetal. Yin, centrifugal, produces expansion, lightness, cold, etc. Yang, centripetal, produces constriction, weight, heat, light, etc.
4. Yin attracts yang; yang attracts yin.
5. All things and phenomena are composed of yin and yang in different proportions.
6. All things and phenomena are constantly changing their yin and yang components. Everything is restless.
7. There is nothing completely yin or completely yang. All is relative.
8. There is nothing neuter. There is always yin or yang in excess.
9. Affinity or force of attraction between things is proportional to the difference of yin and yang in them.
10. Yin repels yin; yang repels yang. The greater the difference, the weaker the repulsion. (In other words, the greater the similarity, the stronger the repulsion. To repel means to force back or away.)
11. Yin produces yang; yang produces yin in the extremity.
12. Everything is yang at its center and yin at its periphery (surface).
See also:
SEVEN LAWS
References:
Zen Macrobiotics, by George Ohsawa, page 191
Philosophy of Oriental Medicine, by George Ohsawa, page 38
Cancer and The Philosophy of the Far East (formerly called Macrobiotics: The Way Of Healing), by George Ohsawa, page 102
Essential Ohsawa—Understanding the Basics of Macrobiotics From Food To Health, Happiness To Freedom, by George Ohsawa, page 128
Essential Guide to Macrobiotics, by Carl Ferre, page 54
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