[Manymoons]

Denise

I live by a very strict moral code but can not say that I am a Christian. As for "being saved", I have to question-"from what?".

The first yin/yang that most people identify (at least from my own expirience) is: good and evil. I suspect that this is because it represents the most extreme polarity that people are commonly conscious of. This is a fair enough assumption but can have a broad range of implication depending on what premise one is working under. You acknowlwdge a "constant war between good and evil". This reflects your perspective which is in accord with that of Christianity as well as many other religions. This also implies a constant war between yin and yang, which can certainly be the case if yin and yang are seperated and very far apart. When yin and yang are integrated and very close together----there is no war or conflict. At that point there is balance and harmony in a most complimentary way. This is the essence of what MB eating and living is about.

One must keep in mind that yin or yang do not exist exclusive of the other. They are always present with the other, but in varying degrees and proportions. I guess one could say this is true of good and evil as well. How would one discern good if there was no evil and conversely discern evil if there was no good. While they are antagonistic they also compliment one another!

The original definition of sin means to "fall short". I believe this is from the Greek(?). Sin there fore may well imply a falling short of the balance we as human beings in this universe are capable of achieving. If the flesh is of a sinfull nature then so must the spirit be, if one's premise is yin/yang. A major problem I found with Christianity is that it fundamentally seperates yin and yang. Earth is bad- heaven is good. God is good-devil is bad. Spirit is good-body is bad. This imlpies that yin is good-yang is bad and that the bad must be eliminated to achieve "victory". If one eliminates yang, yin is also eliminated. Eliminate yin, and yang is also eliminated. They are the right and left hand of the same body.

Christianity as a religion implies a need to eliminate the yang in favor of the yin exclusively. There is religion of the opposite polarity as well, but may not be acknowledged as such, were the yin is eliminated in favor of the yang. Consider our own western contemporary culture were the biggest car, house
or other gizmo is given more credance than than justice, honesty, integrity etc. Yes there is war and conflict, but the solution rests squarely on our own shoulders. It is our own balance, as individuals that needs to be integrated in body and spirit. We digest and transmute our own food with our own organs, think with our own minds, walk on our own legs---no one can do it for us. It is our own responsiblity to be or not to be.

A little something to ponder.

Meanwhile I think that I will move my yang and apply some yin to the landscape around my house. (I am going to take my body outside to mow the lawn so that the yard reflects that someone cares. Whooa!--could this be a religious expirience,--or what?)

Manymoons