Our physical world is based on opposites: up and down, left and right are physical realities… and with that comes the judgments of good and bad, right and wrong. Navigating such opposition is one of the major challenges of our lives. The Chinese symbol depicting Yin and Yang polarities is a familiar symbol but has far more depth than most believe.
This is one of my favourite topics to talk about and is the subject of one of my recent videos in my YouTube series. It’s one that I’ve often spent an hour or so discussing in my advanced classes and weekend seminars, so obviously I couldn’t get as fully into the topic as I’d have liked in a video that’s aiming to be 5-7 minutes long (I went on for nearly 9 minutes!) – but there is lots of insightful information here that relates to balancing the mindset of opposition, as well as things you can do in your home to create a container that permits opposing forces to exist harmoniously.
I briefly highlight in this presentation that ‘there is no dark side’. In my workshops I often ask participants to point to the light side – but it’s a trick question the reality is that there is no light side, in that what is seen as the ‘light side’ is actually not fully light. (This shows the reality that our answers in life are only as good as the questions we ask.)
The fact that no side is exclusively light or dark is so important in many ways, not least of which is that humans try to hold onto experiences, moods, relationships, and so on when things always change, when the seed of change (and indeed, of opposition) is present in everything. So in fact there is no ‘light’ and ‘dark’ in dualistic physical experience: there is ‘lighter’ and ‘darker.’ Having both of these polarities in a physical space helps to cultivate a mindset that will help with navigating these sometimes challenging changes.
I hope you’ll enjoy playing with opposition in your space and creating a harmonious environment that supports you in ways beyond what you can see.
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