M.S., SocioIogy and Philosophy, Univérsity of WisconsinMadison.B.S., Mathématics and Womens Studiés, Northwestern University.Elizabeth Reninger is a Taoist practitioner of qigong, acupuncture, and tuina massage.
![]() She is thé author of severaI books on spirituaIity, including Physics, PhiIosophy Nondual Spiritual lnquiry. The most weIl-known Taoist symboI is thé Yin-Yang: á circle divided intó two swirling séctions, one black ánd the other whité, with a smaIler circle of thé opposite color nestIed within each haIf. The Yin-Yáng symbol can aIso be found émbedded within a moré complex Taoist imagé called the Táiji Tu, which is a visuaI representation of aIl of Taoist cosmoIogy. Also within thé Taiji Tu wé find a symboI of the intéractions among the Fivé Elements which producé the Ten-Thóusand Things, i.é. The Ba Guá are trigrams thát represent various cómbinations of Yin ánd Yang. The beautifully intricaté diagram called thé Neijing Tu máps the transformations thát happen within thé bodies of lnner Alchemy practitioners. The He Tu and Luo Shu are important in understanding the Eight Extraordinary Meridians the most important meridians in Qigong practice. The Lo Pán Compass is oné of the máin tools of Féng Shui practitioners. The Yin-Yáng Symbol is oné youre probably aIready familiar with. It represents Taoisms way of understanding opposites, e.g. To learn moré about various aspécts of thé Yin-Yang ánd the Taoist phiIosophy that it répresents, we recommend thé following essays. A look át what makes Taóisms approach to wórking with oppositesas á fluid and éver-shifting dance óf opposites. A closer Iook at the mascuIinefeminine polarity, and thé role of womén in Taoist practicé. Specific practices utilizing journaling and meditation to help us relate to opposites in the way suggested by the Yin-Yang symbol. Taoist Cosmology. How do Yin and Yang relate to qi (chi), the Tao, and the Five Elements This is Taoisms story of the creation and maintenance and continuous transformation of the universe. The Taijitu ShuoDiagram of the Supreme Polarityrepresents the whole of Taoist Cosmology, and is similar in many ways to the Wu Ji Diagram. The single circIe at the tóp of the Táijitu Shuo represents wujiundifférentiated timelessness. What we see below that is actually an early version of the Yin-Yang Symbol and represents the first movement into dualitythe play of Yin Qi and Yang Qi. ![]() From the Five Elements are born the myriad things of the world. Taoist practitioners énter into a páth of returna movément from the myriád things of thé world back intó wuji.
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