Macrobiotic Handbook for All Seasons

The Macrobiotic Handbook
for All Seasons

Yin and Yang

The Theory of the Five Elements is thought to have originated in India and is over 4,000 years old.

It has its roots in the eternal interplay between Yin and Yang - the two complementary opposities symbolised below:

yinyang image

Nothing is ever absolutely Yin or Yang that is why there is a white dot (yang) within the Yin and a black dot (yin) within the Yang.

Some examples of the nature of Yin and Yang or universal relativity include:

**Yin** **_____________Yang**
centrifugal expansion diffusion slower lighter colder darker wetter larger longer softer more feminine more hollow more spacial more spiritual more universal	centripetal contraction fusion faster heavier hotter brighter drier smaller shorter harder more masculine more compact more linear more material more specific

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