Yin~Yang, Self Reflection and Pung-su Practice

 

Naturally, men and women need each other, and not always in the context of a sexual partner. We are not affirming heterosexual supremacy. So, maybe it is more correct to say, masculine and feminine complement each other.

But in fact, in general, men always feel more powerful than women. The interpretation of the holy books in various religions then practices patriarchy, as is generally the case with traditional culture. Since ancient times, human segregation based on gender is more severe than segregation based on race / ethnicity, religion, royal blood and education level.

This is not in accordance with the natural law of yin and yang. Nor is it in accordance with the universal meaning of Rahman-Rahim. Indeed there are aspects of masculinity and aspects of femininity in each human being, the levels can be different in each human being. But both complement each other.

Thus, yin and yang, as femininity and masculinity are complementary in equality. This is what keeps all the elements in the universe on their roles as life cycle.

However, why is there still supremacy of patriarchal occur everywhere? Maybe we, or most people forget to climb the first ladder of spiritual awareness, sexual intelligence.

Recognizing and accepting yourself completely needs to be trained from an early age. I got inspiration about this from the novel Totto Chan by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, in the chapter Swimming Pool.

It was told that the Principal of the Tomoe elementary school, Sosaku Kobayashi, allowed children in Tomoe Elementary School. And why did he let them swim in the nude! Because he thought it wasn't right for boys and girls to be morbidly curious about the differences in their bodies, and he thought it was unnatural for people to take such pains to hide their bodies from other people.

He wanted to teach the children that all bodies are beautiful. Among the pupils at Tomoe were some who had had polio, like Yasuaki-chan, or were very small, or otherwise handicapped, and he felt if they bared their bodies and played together it would rid them of feelings of shame and help to prevent them developing an inferiority complex. As it turned out, while the handicapped children were shy at first, they soon began to enjoy themselves, and finally they got over their shyness completely.

The Yin-Yang Principle is also consistent with the traditional Korean ecological philosophy, namely the practice of Pung-su, that the quality of opposition is the basic principle of artistic creation.

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by the owner of the blog, Anita Syafitri Arif