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Sunday, February 12, 2006
The Principle of Taiji (太极)
Only recently I realised that the fundamental principle of taiji is true
that the world needs both yin and yang to be balanced.
In the natural world, there are land and ocean.
In the biological world, there are male and female.
In the organic chemical world, there are nucleophile and electrophile
In the physical chemical world, there are enthalpy and entropy
( hmm the last sentence is kind of crappy coz they are not really opposites)
In the physical world, there are positive and negative charges (simplified version)
and in the human world? There are lots of examples
There are good times and bad times
There are happy times and sad times
There are times you get praised and all people rush to you and call you a friend
and when you get condemned, some of those so-called friends gives u all kinds of excuses that you can ever think of, and leave you alone
There are true friends and friends that worth only a "hi" and a "bye" to you
The only thing that has no yin and yang is your family - They are always there for you nonetheless.
And we need both the elements to exist to balance our lives.
Cannot always avoid bad things cos too blessed a life is very unbalanced
By Le Chatelier's Principle (Again, I apologize for the terminologies and I am majoring in Chemistry)
A system will react to counterbalance the change in the equilibrium system.
Therefore, you need both the elements to exist
so u can make comparisons and be able to differentiate the yin and the yang!
If you only live on land and never see the sea, will you know that the sea exists?
If you live in a world with only men, gosh u dont need me to complete this sentence
If you live in a world with only women, (and you are also a woman of course) you dont need me to complete this sentence too
If you live in a world that has only nucleophiles or electrophiles, there will not be such a discipline called Organic Chemistry.
And you will never know whether they are nucleophiles or electrophiles
If you have only peaks and no troughs in your life, will you understand what is suffering?
If you have only troughs in your life, the term called "happiness" will not exist in your dictionary
Only when you have peaks and troughs in your life would you know
when you are happy and when you are sad
when you feel blessed and when you don't
Only when you have peaks and troughs in your life would you know
the terms "peak" and "trough" and their difference
And this is the cruel truth of life
Only when you have peaks and troughs in your life would you know
who are true friends and who are not
who loves you unconditionally and who does not
who will always be there for you regardless of peaks and troughs
and who will only be there to steal a fair bit of your limelight when you are at the Spitze
The more cruel truth of life?
Only in times of trough, you will get to know who really cares and who do not
As a Chinese saying goes
患难见真情
"Times of difficulty sees true love"
So far, the only unconditional love and care that I have ever received come from my family members. Especially my parents.
And I am grateful for my best friends and for my hi-bye friends
Thanks for your love and care, and thanks for helping me create this contrast with my best friends
I appreciate your presence
And the moral of the story?
Love all your friends and enemies. Especially your family and in particular your parents. The unconditional love they have for you is much more than giving you your life.
posted by JE @ 11:24  
1 Comments:
  • At 8:40 am, February 14, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I dont really know wat to say...but i can see that these days u r very very very busy..n usually very very busy comes with stress n tiredness..so just want to say TAKE CARE!!!!! :) see u really soon..jia you!

    wen

     
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