The two directions Wisdom (part 1) EYE
YIN-YANG Philosophy
Harvard University held a research project from 1938-2015. Over 76 years they followed 724 people to study ‘what kind of people are the happiest?’ The answer is that people who have a good social relationship are the happiest.
The research found that those people who have a close relationship with their family and enjoy socializing with friends and neighbors tend to be happier, healthier and live longer than those who don’t enjoy socializing and like to live alone.
How can we have a good social relationship?
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) YIN-YANG philosophy delivers us infinite wisdom. One of the YIN-YANG viewpoints is: YIN is inside and YANG is outside. YIN is entering and YANG is exiting. YIN is closed and YANG is open. The most important theory is that YIN-YANG needs to be balanced. Trouble comes if imbalance occurs and things can go wrong with health and life.
Human beings have nine holes on their body – these are the eyes, ears, nostrils, mouth, anus and urethra. Our bodies are designed to open and close. These holes are there to achieve harmony.
To have good mental health and prevent anxiety and depression, we need to use our senses to apply the ‘Two-Directions’ YIN-YANG philosophy to keep our inner environment balanced and maintain harmony around us.
1. Wisely use eyes in the two-directions. Everyone use their eyes to observe the outside world, appreciate the nature, read and look at the world around them. When we have trouble with any relationships, we often look at other people’s faults or their unreasonableness. Gradually this builds resentment. Eventually it will affect our mental health. We can use the wisdom eyes to look inside ourselves, ‘visualizing the inside’ to see ‘what mistake have I made?’ and ‘what should I change next time?’ ‘How to communicate’
Then we can appreciate and praise other people’s good sides, and bravely admit the wrong side of ourselves, and have the courage to apologize. This will help us to have a better relationship in our families and between friends and workmates.
© copyright Angela Tian Zhu 2018.
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