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Originally Posted by Iamit
There is no doubt that events appear to happen. Another suggestion about what determines these events is the concept of an automatic infinate balancing system, perhaps illustrated by the Yin/yang symbol, which is built into the manifestation, without which there would be no manifestation. Does anyone know the origin of this theory? We have an example of balance locally (On this Planet) with symbiosis.
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Don't know. Taoism is pretty old but I don't know if the Yin/Yang symbol arose from it or predated it. As far as the theory of balancing being necessary for manifestation, you may have answered the question of its inspiration with your last sentence. All of ecology, including symbiosis, requires a balancing of the relationships between the organisms that make it up, as well as with the environment that underlies it. Populations that get too far out of balance will eventually end up growing to a point where they exceed the carrying capacity of their local environment and will eventually exhaust the resources and end up crashing. If they crash hard enough they may even become extinct. Humanity is busy doing this at the moment but delaying the inevitable with technologies to extract more and more from the resources so its population can keep on growing for a while longer.
Anyway, Taoism is known for its appreciation and reverence for nature and its ways and their hidden meanings. So it is not too surprising that it would include a symbol that represents balance, the circular nature of life, and the interdependence of things, which the Yin/Yang symbol does quite nicely.
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