Balance

[VincentGeance]

Hello,

I am fairly new to Taoism, I was a hardline Angostic but decided to learn more about the Tao/Dao. My question really has the most to do with the aspect of balance and what it means to others. Ive read much about interviews with other followers of the Tao and what it seems to me is most just sleep is the waters of 'good' or Yang. Yet when Yin itself is so important also why is this, should we not hold both the light and dark within ourselfs in balance, be strong when its needed, and apear weak when its safer, understand when to be good to others and when we must bring our darker sides to the surface.

Just wondering what others opinions on this are.


~Vincent Geance

[laotan]

Hello,

I am fairly new to Taoism, I was a hardline Angostic but decided to learn more about the Tao/Dao. My question really has the most to do with the aspect of balance and what it means to others. Ive read much about interviews with other followers of the Tao and what it seems to me is most just sleep is the waters of 'good' or Yang. Yet when Yin itself is so important also why is this, should we not hold both the light and dark within ourselfs in balance, be strong when its needed, and apear weak when its safer, understand when to be good to others and when we must bring our darker sides to the surface.

Just wondering what others opinions on this are.


~Vincent Geance

Yes, indeed, you must decidedly make use of the light and darkness of your nature when time requires it. The only question is from where you know what side should be excited and made effective, and what side covered, in a specfic moment of life? How do you know this? Is someone telling you:

Now you should do this or that?

Then who is this "someone"? Your boss, your teacher, master, mother, father?