Tao Thay Shang Men – English

From: Go Twan Yong
Question:
I want to ask, what is the meaning from the symbol of Thai Cik/ Yin Yang? Is it meaning dualism (good/ bad, right/ wrong, dark/ clear, etc)? As symbol of TAO, how we can use this symbol as the basis of concept/ idea, to become our life’s direction, or as a basic to evaluate something?
Please help thanks.
Answer:
Thay Cik/ Yin Yang is the symbol of TAO, it means the meaning is very extensive, can clarify everything. Briefly this can be explained that everything in the universe has its dualism, and also can be explained that overall of the universe can be harmonic because of combination from dualism, and it can be explained many other things. For our life as taoyu, briefly I can give the explanation like the following (the principle of Yin Yang):
1. Nothing in this world is absolute, so we should not be hasty in life.
2. In life when we are happy, we should be aware of possibility of sadness occurring. And when we feel sad, we should believe that happiness will come along next time.
3. We should not be too extreme, in other way we should keep the balance and harmony in our life.
And there are many other things that we can find out from the theory of Yin Yang.