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Crocuses blooming
Green Daffodil leaves growing
Two cold calloused hands
[PUMA 02-09th-02008]
When I saw the crocus bulbs I planted yet again
piercing the leaves of the past Autumn
I thought to myself yet again, “But it’s not yet spring.”
I used to see the Vernal Equinox as the start of spring but
in the Japanese tradition the Vernal Equinox is not
The start of spring but springs peak.
Look at it this way.
The Winter Solstice is the longest night of the year.
From that day onward the days begin to grow longer.
Winter begins to wane and spring asserts itself more and more.
This is in keeping with the Taoist view expressed in the Yin Yang symbol.
The circular image with one dark form and one light has a spot of the opposite color in each. If you don’t know what it looks like, just do a Google image search.
The dark area is referred to as Yang (Man, Light, Out Going, Sun, Mountain Top) and the light is Yin (Female, Dark, Inward Going, Moon, River Valley.)
It is said that the Yin Yang symbol developed after a pre Taoist mystic sat and observed a hill from dawn till dusk. In the morning one side of the hill was illuminated while the other was in shade. As the day progressed that which was in shadow was in the sunshine while the other side was dark.
People in the West tend to separate both Yin and Yang.
Yet neither Yin nor Yang can exists with out the other
except as an abstraction.
The lit candle on the window during the day is Yin to the Sun.
When the Sun sets the candle is yang and the stars are yin.
When the moon rises the candle is again Yin and the Full Moon is yang.
From this perspective on the day of the Vernal Equinox
Spring is yang: dominant, while summer is Yin.
After that day the summer grows more Yang as spring becomes more Yin.
Nothing exists with out its correlative “opposite.”
We exist in a reality composed of
a unity of difference.
Polar principles
Ingredients in what’s real
Hot coffee, Cold milk
Pedro Angel Serrano Jr.
[PUMA 3-10th-02008]
Green Daffodil leaves growing
Two cold calloused hands
[PUMA 02-09th-02008]
When I saw the crocus bulbs I planted yet again
piercing the leaves of the past Autumn
I thought to myself yet again, “But it’s not yet spring.”
I used to see the Vernal Equinox as the start of spring but
in the Japanese tradition the Vernal Equinox is not
The start of spring but springs peak.
Look at it this way.
The Winter Solstice is the longest night of the year.
From that day onward the days begin to grow longer.
Winter begins to wane and spring asserts itself more and more.
This is in keeping with the Taoist view expressed in the Yin Yang symbol.
The circular image with one dark form and one light has a spot of the opposite color in each. If you don’t know what it looks like, just do a Google image search.
The dark area is referred to as Yang (Man, Light, Out Going, Sun, Mountain Top) and the light is Yin (Female, Dark, Inward Going, Moon, River Valley.)
It is said that the Yin Yang symbol developed after a pre Taoist mystic sat and observed a hill from dawn till dusk. In the morning one side of the hill was illuminated while the other was in shade. As the day progressed that which was in shadow was in the sunshine while the other side was dark.
People in the West tend to separate both Yin and Yang.
Yet neither Yin nor Yang can exists with out the other
except as an abstraction.
The lit candle on the window during the day is Yin to the Sun.
When the Sun sets the candle is yang and the stars are yin.
When the moon rises the candle is again Yin and the Full Moon is yang.
From this perspective on the day of the Vernal Equinox
Spring is yang: dominant, while summer is Yin.
After that day the summer grows more Yang as spring becomes more Yin.
Nothing exists with out its correlative “opposite.”
We exist in a reality composed of
a unity of difference.
Polar principles
Ingredients in what’s real
Hot coffee, Cold milk
Pedro Angel Serrano Jr.
[PUMA 3-10th-02008]
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