Back to the Philosophy

                                           
                        In Chinese philosophy the Taoists are known for their respectful balance for the Male and Female, Yang & Yin, Light & Shade, Warm & Cool, etc. This essential "Diametric" is integral to understanding Chinese medicine and diagnostics. No where has the sophistication of Meta Formal Logic provided such well accepted and practiced methodology. Although here in the west Acupuncture is becoming an accepted medical adjunct to western medicine, it is still not well understood. Interestingly enough it is still considered Pseudoscience simply because it clearly contradicts western scientific philosophy. Yet what Chinese medicine and diagnostics lack simplistically it makes up for with thoroughness. The five element mandala can be laid out on a five pointed star, with the elements of;

                                      ELEMENTS                  YIN ORGAN                  YANG VICERA
                                      Fire                                 Heart                                Small Intestine
                                      Water                              Kidneys                           Bladder
                                      Earth                               Speen/Pancreas                Stomach
                                      Wood                              Liver                                Gall Bladder
                                      Metal                               Lungs                              Large Intestine 

                      Or the elements can be laid out as a cross with the Earth element in the center. We'll see another example of this arrangement when we get to the Tibetan mandala for the realms of attachment in the afterlife. The central primary realm is in the center of the diagram. Look at the Yin Yang Mandala. These energies are all interchanging and circulating through the body by longitudinal "Meridians." They are if fact all linked perfectly through the corresponding times of the day and year in series. With the inclusion of the central "GOVERNING and CIRCULATORY" meridians, we get each of the meridians corresponding to the twelve divisions of each day and year where the organ is strongest and most active. Your digestion is timed to be most active in mid day for instance. Your heart is most vulnerable in the heat of the summer.The subtle toroidal geometric symmetries of the meridians are too difficult to explain here without diagrams. This too will be added. Thank you for your patience.

                       Appreciating the rotational wheel behavior for these Meta Formal models is useful for understanding the implicit philosophy modeling the human existence, inwardly in terms of health and outwardly as reflective of nature's cycles and the arc of human dynamic. {"As above so below." Metaphor for the symmetry between the Creator and the created world. <Blessed Be!> } Look at your Yin/Yang symbol. Fire feeds on Wood, but Fire is extinguished by Water. And so on.