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New Worlds January / February / March 2012 Issue Issue

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Term: yin and yang

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Yin and Yang: Binding forces that hold the universe together and are present in all things. One does not exist without the other and each contains a little of the other. In order for a person to exist in wholeness, the yin and yang energies within need to be in balance.
source: Gemstone Feng Shui, Sandra Kynes (Llewellyn Publications)

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