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Spiritual shackles

There are many things that we need to grow, and shackles is something that we don't need. The one is called the less but truth be told it is. To think you're that means nothing more. The other see itself as more and if it is than how can such be us. Us the score forevermore.

Yin and Yang

The concept of Yin and Yang as a basic universal truth has been revered in the West since we started grasping the meaning of its power. What many people do not fully realize is that this is a universal principle and as such can be used as an easy tool to examine the validity of our personal and/or social constructs of opposites. Concepts such as love and hate that many people believe to be opposites can be tested for validity by comparing it with the known principles as illustrated in this ancient symbol. But as soon as we try we begin to see that our presumption may not be as solid as popular opinion suggests. As a child I remember going to the cinema to watch Kung Fu movies, and I am almost sure that one of those Chinese Grand Masters expressed it in this way when he shook his head in disbelief at what he had heard: "You and your limited Western beliefs about love and hate..." He was obviously in disbelief about me, because I really could not unde