Originally Posted by
cjurakpt
classically, Yin "is" structure, it is the empty vessel; Yang "is" function, it is the potential / act of filling the vessel; of course, one can say whatever one likes, such that yin is active, yang is passive: no difference, really - it's just a name, it doesn't really matter inherently - which means that to argue that one sees as "b" what most regards as "a" and one sees as "a" what most regard as "b" really isn't the point after all; one can certainly have one's own interpretation, it really doesn't matter as it is all inherently arbitrary; what "matters" is that there will always be a dichotomy whne one moves beyond the one / whole - one principle will be active, temporary, another will be passive, permanent - calling one yin or yang doesn't change the fundamental nature of the interelationship, it simply signifies according to one's own personal perspective