Theories
Understanding the underlying theories in Macrobiotics would help a person appreciate and practice the diet in a wholesome manner. The Macrobiotic healing is not just with food but also with our thoughts, our actions and way of life.
Macrobiotics lays down seven universal principles of the infinite universe-
- Everything is a differentiation of one Infinity
- Everything changes
- All antagonisms are complementary
- There is nothing identical.
- What has a front has a back.
- The bigger the front the bigger the back
- What has a beginning has an end.
The following are the twelve laws of change of the Infinite universe
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- One Infinity manifests itself into complimentary and antagonistic tendencies, Yin and Yang, in its endless change
- Yin and Yang are manifested continuously from the eternal movement of one infinite universe.
- Yin represents centrifugality. Yang represents centripetality. Yin and Yang together produce energy and all phenomena.
- Yin attracts yang. Yang attracts yin.
- Yin repels yin. Yang repels yang.
- Yin and yang combined in varying proportions produce different phenomena. The attraction and repulsion among phenomena is proportional to the difference of the yin and yang forces.
- All phenomena are ephemeral, constantly changing their constitution of yin and yang forces; yin changes to yang and yang changes to yin
- Nothing is solely yin or solely yang. Everything is composed of both tendencies in varying degrees.
- There is nothing neuter. Either yin or yang is in excess in every occurrence.
- Large yin attracts small yin. Large yang attracts small yang
- Extreme yin produces yang, and extreme yang produces yin
- All physical manifestations are yang at the center, and yin at the surface.
