Re: Yang/RIght,(sometimes) Yin/Left(sometimes)

Posted By: Bruce on September 25, 1997 at 15:49:29:

In Reply to: Yang/RIght, Yin/Left posted by Roy Collins on September 25, 1997 at 09:49:15:

: : Hi Everbody,
: : Could you please tell me if the clockwise direction is a yin one or a yang one? Bruce

: Sure Bruce. If you are walking in a circle, especially on a spherical planet with a central sun, the clockwise direction would be yang. You can also say the right side, as depicted in the Early Heaven Sequence of the I Ching, in which all the bottom lines of each graph are solid (yang). The right side or right movement correlates with the eastern cardinal point, or the place where the sun rises (li). The left, or west is the place where the sun sets, bringing darkness (yin, the hexagram Kan). If you have a spiral with one end pointed and the other end expanded, the pointed or contracted tip would be yang (like a top). In this case if you are travelling toward the expanded end you are moving away from the center in a yin direction, regardless if you are going left or right. Most drill bits are carved in with spiral grooves and they are able to penetrate wood (or other substrate) only if are turned in the clockwise direction. If you try drilling to the left (reverse speed) the bit will not penetrate. Now, pray tell, why does this line of questioning crop up in your mind? I'm curious. In peace, Roy

Hi Roy,
Thanks for the reply. I understand the second part of your response easily. The first part needs some chewing on my part. So is the first part more involved with time or space? Bruce

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: : : Hi Everbody,
: : : Could you please tell me if the clockwise direction is a yin one or a yang one? Bruce 

: : Sure Bruce. If you are walking in a circle, especially on a spherical planet with a central sun, the clockwise direction would be yang. You can also say the right side, as depicted in the Early Heaven Sequence of the I Ching, in which all the bottom lines of each graph are solid (yang). The right side or right movement correlates with the eastern cardinal point, or the place where the sun rises (li). The left, or west is the place where the sun sets, bringing darkness (yin, the hexagram Kan). If you have a spiral with one end pointed and the other end expanded, the pointed or contracted tip would be yang (like a top). In this case if you are travelling toward the expanded end you are moving away from the center in a yin direction, regardless if you are going left or right. Most drill bits are carved in with spiral grooves and they are able to penetrate wood (or other substrate) only if are turned in the clockwise direction. If you try drilling to the left (reverse speed) the bit will not penetrate. Now, pray tell, why does this line of questioning crop up in your mind? I'm curious. In peace, Roy

: Hi Roy,
: Thanks for the reply. I understand the second part of your response easily. The first part needs some chewing on my part. So is the first part more involved with time or space? Bruce


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