The Twelve Theorems of the Unique Principle Yin-Yang are two poles which enter into play when the infinite expansion manifests itself at the point of bifurcation. Yin-Yang are produced continually by the transcendental expansion. Yin is centrifugal. Yang is centripetal. Yin and Yang produce energy. Yin attracts Yang. Yang attracts Yin. Yin and Yang combined Continue Reading »
I’d like to explain the larger view of what happens to us after this life, based on the book, Holistic Health through Macrobiotics, by Michio Kushi and Edward Esko, published in 1993, pages 116-23 and 134. Then I’d like to give an update on my husband Sheldon, who is making his transition. The distinction between Continue Reading »
By Sheldon and Ginat Rice This paper has two main purposes: to broaden our understanding of the factors contributing to good health, and to expand macrobiotic thinking to incorporate additional complementary health modalities. Diane Howarth and Michael Varbaek, longevity researchers and world class athletes, were featured presenters on the 2012 “Taste of Health” Caribbean cruise. Continue Reading »
Macrobiotics is a wonderful way of life, discipline of appreciation and system of healing. At its onset, a macrobiotic practice may seem challenging, like starting a new career or learning a language. There is so much to understand and do, sometimes interwoven with fear when illness is involved. There is no assurance of recovery. But Continue Reading »
How to Chant Based On Level IV Lectures by Michio Kushi, 2003-04 Use specific chants for specific purpose – vary them. Learn ten or twelve kinds or make up your own. There are 48 sounds. Each synchronizes with a universal vibration and relates to a specific organ or body system. “J” or “gh” corresponds with Continue Reading »
Seven refractions of light in a rainbow Seven days of creation Seven facial orifices Seven lower sphirot of the Kabala The Seven Levels of Judgment: Mechanical Sensorial Sentimental Intellectual Social Philosophical-religion Supreme-freedom Understand Complementary Opposites “Look at the effects of what you eat and how you feel” Nothing Has Meaning Without Its Complement: Tired – Continue Reading »
Based on Macrobiotics Today, September/October 1994, Vol. 34, No. 5 “Introducing Essential Ohsawa” – George Ohsawa, edited by Carl Ferré For thousands of years scholars have attempted to solve one riddle, that of love. How does one love and behave so as to be loved like small children? When one loves or wants to love, there always Continue Reading »
The traditional Chinese medical theory known as the five transformations describes a universal cycle of energy flow. God, or infinity, manifests in yin and yang, and these two primordial energies subdivide into five major branches. All of nature reflects these five phrases of development. First there is the seed, correlating to upward, spring energy. This sprouting and Continue Reading »
Based on Aveline Kushi’s “Complete Guide to Macrobiotic Cooking” Yin and Yang “Yin and Yang,” the universal forces of expansion and contraction, create all phenomena. This philosophy of yin and yang is found in the Bible and many other classics. Health is balance, the harmony of yin and yang. It is balance between our outer and Continue Reading »