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Ying Yang posits that there are two complementary forces surrounding us. Both are necessary, and too much of either is bad.
In Yang lies the seed of Ying, and in Ying lies the seed of Yang. Ying and Yang are cyclical. Yang grows but at its height Ying emerges. Ying grows, and at its height Yang appears.
Ying is soft, where Yang is hard.
Ying is still, where Yang moves.
The moon is Ying, where the sun is Yang.
Intuition is Ying, where logic is Yang.
Freedom is Ying, where restriction is Yang.
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Beautiful post Julie. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteFreedom is an important concept.
ReplyDeleteLove the juxtaposition you've found for us...
ReplyDeleteglad you wrote this post; it defines clearly what I hadn't read into before this. I have saved your words to make indelible in my mind to re-read frequently till I know that off by heart some day.
ReplyDeleteGreat post. Great views.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots and an interesting post about yin and yang.
ReplyDeleteLooks like some fisherfolk down on the rock platform.
ReplyDeleteYes, there are two fisher-blokes down on the rock platform in the second shot. Englarge and marvel at their use of freedom.
ReplyDeleteYou made me think about the Ying and Yang in your photos.
ReplyDeleteAnd when I embiggen I can see that candy striped lighthouse I didn't know about. When is exercising our freedom foolishness I wonder?
ReplyDeleteJoan, that is when Ying turns into Yang and the other way around. It is up to the judgement of the individual.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great post.You are right
ReplyDeleteofcourse, we cannot have one without the other.To much freedom
could lead to anarchy but restriction could equally lead to
anarchy.Everything I can think of
needs equilibrio.
Thankyou for joining my blog:)
These are spectacular shots Julie, when you pull the image in and see how wee the fishermen are in the scale of things it's mindboggling! Ignoring the modernizations, I should imagine the views from the clifftop are not much different from those that the first settlers saw when they arrived on these shores.
ReplyDeleteThose 'modernisations', Grace, are most difficult to ignore. However, I know what you mean, and have had that thought whilst standing up there. I have even gone so far as to hunt out paintings of the areas in the early years of the 19th century, which show, unsurprisingly, a heavily wooded headland and foreshore. Interesting comparison.
ReplyDeleteTwo awesome shots...life is just full of yings n yangs, Don't you think!!!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shots of a side of Sydney that is not often seen....beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThat is an interesting fence in the first capture! I love the view in the second, though!!
ReplyDeleteI love the lines of the fence
ReplyDeleteyour composition really captures the tightness of a fence against the wide open space beyond it
wonderful
i like how you presented this!
ReplyDeleteLovely shots of Sydney! I love the perspective of the second and the scenery is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLovely view. I can see why a fence is necessary here!
ReplyDeleteThank you friends from FF. I appreciate your visits. See you again next Friday.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots of a fabulous view!
ReplyDeleteIt is a fabulous view, Inger. And one does not have to worry about remaining silent. One's breath is totally taken away and even the most garrulous of person is reduced to abject silence.
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