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  1. Please: (1) I appreciate how members here are willing to share their perspective. (2) Here's another topic I'm exploring at length. (3) Daoism apparently relates Yin/Yang to Feminine/Masculine. (4) That has never worked for me . . . from a Sufi perspective. (5) Sufism emphasizes the non-duality of Unity and Multiplicity. (6) It seems that Daoism might have an equivalent, if you interpret this way: Wuji (container in the Taijitu symbol) = Unity Yin/Yang (contents in the Taijitu symbol) = Multiplicity (7) And Sufism understands: Unity (and its corresponding dynamic of Unification) = Masculinity Multiplicity (and its corresponding dynamic of Differentiation) = Femininity (8) So then, there would be this interpretation of Daoism: Wuji (container in the Taijitu symbol) = Masculinity Yin/Yang (contents in the Taijitu symbol) = Femininity (9) This accords with my personal experience of Masculinity and Femininity. (10) Does this resonate with anyone else (?) (11) I might be able to provide specific experiential example . . .
  2. I'm designing a new logo and I would like to know what the member's opinions are on understanding and orientating the Yin Yang symbol auspiciously. Every orientation seems to be valid in one way or another depending on dynasty and intent and there seem to be many contradictions between scholars. I notice that TDB's logo for the site icon has changed a number of times and that the current incarnation is a very old depiction. May I also ask what was the rationale behind choosing this TDB version? As I understand it there are 3 phases of the Yin Yang. My teacher has told me there is: 1. Something 2. Nothing 3. Emptiness (also known as transition between something and nothing) My teacher also tells me the original YinYang symbol was this... From my own research I have noticed that this pattern (more or less) manifests for me when I'm practicing sun gazing QiGong (although a bit more miasmic than this one ;) In Thomas Cleary's translation of Chang PoTuan's Understanding Reality https://terebess.hu/english/Cleary-Thomas-Understanding-Reality-by-Chang-Po-tuan.pdf he refers to the 3 phases as: 1. Fostering yin whilst repelling Yang 2. Blending yin and Yang 3. Transcending yin and Yang Can anyone help please?