Creating space to grow

Yin and Yang is a symbol used in Chinese philosophy which describes how two opposites are interconnected and give rise to each other. They actually need each other to be what each is. So if something is seen as bad, it needs a good to think its bad and vice versa. This could bring about many ethical dilemmas as who is one to judge if something, someone or some situation is good or bad. Maybe everything just is. It is we as humans who need to label things, compartmentalize, make a place for each and everything. Trying to make sense and bring order, or more truthfully control to our lives is the human condition.

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Labeling is something we all do, the problem is when it gets in our way of seeing the other side. Sometimes our decisions can come so quick we fail to see the others perspective or the many other ways in which something can be viewed. Our biases can be based on past experiences which we have long held from our past, either towards a particular issue or type of person, institution, experience, or even a way of living. This prejudice can get in our way of benefiting from seeing something as a learning experience or to simply just feel or see something in a new way for fear of being hurt, wrong, or maybe even right.

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When being right gets in the way of growing as a person this is where mental control is needed. We have the chance to learn something new that may enrich our lives.  So how does one keep the balance of being open at the same time as protecting themselves from actual harm? In Quigong which is a Chinese holistic exercise and daily discipline which consists of a mental, physical, and spiritual practise whose criteria to judge good or bad, is to ask,” is it true, kind, or tolerant?”  Quigong does not judge others, it’s belief system is based on Karma, where there is no good or bad, the opposing forces need each other to work in perfect harmony to continue the balancing act.