People want to feel uplifted, they smoke marijuana for recreational purposes. "This is the high I've been seeking."
Ultimately we look without ourselves and direct our energy outside. This is very dynamic, masculine, yang in nature.
Our god resides in heaven, which is not down but up. He is the great "father". How can he, then, give birth?
Destruction and doing nothing are both seen as bad. But there is wisdom to be seen in yin. It is in water that life first arose, and she always seeks to occupy the lowest places. We, too, come from the waterly womb of the mother. It is said that water is close to the Tao, which is often equated with femininity.
If you smoke, do it to gain more knowledge and understanding, not to have fun. Recreation is wrecking the creation. The word can abyss hints that it helps us to see how we are in the inside, an area where there is no light. And to penetrate into the secrets of the world.
To be a criminal and steal a lot of money is seen as cool. Serial killers are loved, they marry while in jail. Since we are very yang oriented, when we see effort and action we tend to find it intriguing. It enchants us. Creation. Is the police, who stop the criminals, not hated? It's because they arrest motion.
Death is feared. We believe that there may be pain or nothingness when we cease to be. But how can we know? Maybe death is just a new beginning! It could be much better.
Not all of society is the same. There are some who try to use yin to their advantage. One such movement is nofap. It is all about not doing something. The promise is one of confidence, energy and better health. They are seen as loony, science hasn't delved much into these areas. It isn't discussed at all in school, either. We are gravely left on our own to learn about it.
When a problem arises, like an unpleasant emotion, we try to "think positively." We re-assure ourselves that all is fine! But to do this, we must create something. That takes a lot of effort. Sometimes less is more.
Say you are feeling nervous around people, social anxiety. You may try to think positively, as in: "I am with my friends, they won't tease me or anything." "I am coming off totally normal, it looks worse than it is." "I am always able to hold a conversation, it's cool."
Be wary of arguing with your emotions. They have no life of their own, what is there to argue with? It's not as if anxiety is going to say: "Hey, you know what, that's right. There's no reason to worry. I'm going away now."
Plus, you were feeling okay just before. You don't have to tell yourself anything new, you just have to undo what has just happened. Why not fight fire with fire? We can simply say no to feeling bad. That way we are tackling the problem head-on. It is taking the path of least resistance.
Practice with the word "no". Don't overdo it. If some emotion still remains, let it be. Now that you're not feeding it, it shall fade. (See previous blog post.) Less is more.
If you can say no to something you distance yourself from it, and through it strengthen your own personality. There is only so much room up in there. To be who you are you must say no to the things you are not.
Total yang can not exist, neither can total yin. If you would try to reach one of them, as you would be so, so close and reach out your hand to grasp it, it would in that second all slip like sand through your fingers as the opposite would, like magic, suddenly come into being. A joke or a movie that is really, really bad becomes funny and then everyone loves it. As we go forward in areas such as technology, medicine and psychology, how can everything be going backwards? As we dangerously approach the precipice of total yang, yin in being created and destruction is imminent. At that point, something truly wonderful will, too, happen. Again the tide will turn as ever the great cycle repeats itself.
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