THE
EIGHT PRINCIPLES
When
examining life, and
judging it's Qualities;
The
Eight Principles can
help us sort through dualities.
At
basis of all is the eternal Tao;
From
this One came the Two, which is the Yin and Yang.
The
Yin is the substantial, damp and cool;
It
is where the feminine, gentle and dark take rule.
The
Yang is the force that activates the form;
The
masculine, hard,
bright and warm.
The
life force can be strong or excess and repletion,
or
weak and deficient with too much depletion.
Our
body can run hot, and other times be cold;
This
firey metabolism tends to burn out as we grow old.
We
must also ward off
invasion, which can be deep or exterior;
just
barely on the surface or to the organs interior.
Yin
or Yang, strong or weak;
Interior,
exterior, cold or heat;
These
are the principles to guide us with our treatment;
Do
the opposite so the disease can find adjustment.