The Seven Principles of Macrobiotics

What has a beginning has an end.

If you subscribe to the theories explained above – that everything differentiates into yin and yang and that yin and yang are complementary antagonisms – sweet/sour, front/back, day/night etc, then beginning/end should make sense. The way I see it is – everything changes, everything is in motion, everything ends. Atoms, electrons, people, plants – they end. Often the end is death. One thing I’ve often thought about is – in order to keep balance, when one thing ends or dies, something else must begin or be born. Comments?

Anyway, if you’ve begun to understand a little from reading these, then the Twelve Laws of Change will seem a little easier and will even deepen your understanding. You can find those, and a list of yin/yang attributes here: Self Healing Australia Macrobiotics

And for a deeper explanation of the Seven Principles, go to this page and scroll down to the section entitled “The Unique Law”.

7 Levels of Judgment

For more details, googling “Macrobiotics” will open the gateway to a whole wealth of interesting websites.

Disclaimer: These views are entirely my own. They are conclusions about the meanings of the Seven Principles that I’ve come to on my own. I’m not claiming that they are right or accurate and I would certainly welcome further information or “corrections” to my ideas from any macrobiotics people that are out there, especially since I’m not at all certain that some of my ideas are right! . After all, we’re here to learn…