'4' Dimensional Symbols Of The '5' Dimensions
Let us create written symbols, which occupy a '4' dimensional area of paper, of each of the '5' dimensions in order to be able to visualize (to 'see' in space is Yin) the expression of the '5' dimensions through a primary orientation of English to the '4'th dimension.
The '4' dimensional symbol of unity is the circle. The circle is a '4' (Yin) dimensional figure that occupies an 'area' of space. The circle has '1' (Yang) side, and so symbolizes unity (Yang). The circle symbolizes infinity (Yang), as the circle has no beginning and no end. The circle symbolizes for each person his own world of awareness.
How large should the circle be? Whereas Chinese, which was '1'st (Yang), has '1' (Yang) direction of orientation to both space and time, English, which was '2'nd (Yin), has '2' (Yin) directions of orientation, one for time and one for space. In English, time and space are subdivided (Yin). Therefore, '2' (Yin) circles are used, the '1'st (Yang) for time (Yang) and the '2'nd (Yin) for space (Yin). English has a primary orientation to '4' dimensions. At the time of awareness of '4' dimensions of time and space, speakers of the ancestor language of English were aware of '2' (Yin) dimensions of finger signs, those that symbolize the '3'rd dimension and those that symbolize the '4'th dimension. The fingers of the '3'rd (Yang) dimension symbolize time (Yang), which was '1'st (Yang), and the fingers of the '4'th (Yin) dimension symbolize space (Yin), which was '2'nd (Yin).
In the '3'rd (Yang) dimension, there was awareness of '3' (Yang) bones of the index finger. Form an 'O' with the index finger and thumb of each hand. The other fingers are closed (Yin). As time (Yang) is vertical (Yang), hold the circles vertically (Yang) in front of the face. As well, place the right (Yang) hand before the body '1'st (Yang), and place the left (Yin) hand behind it '2'nd (Yin). Looking vertically (Yang) through the circles, '1' circle is visible. To view the circle for time (Yang), hold the head up (Yang) and look forward (Yang) at the circle. The circle is small, as small in space is Yang. The circle is approximately '2' inches in diameter. (Figure 5.4-4)
Figure 5.4-4
In the '4'th (Yin) dimension, there was awareness of '4' (Yin) fingers of the hand. Open (Yang) all of the fingers. As space (Yin) is horizontal (Yin), hold the hands horizontally (Yin) to each other, such that each forms one half of a circle, and together the '2' hands form '1' circle. The circle is enclosed by the thumbs and index fingers. As space (Yin) is horizontal (Yin), hold the circle horizontally (Yin) in front of the chest. To view the circle for space (Yin), hold the head down (Yin) and look downward (Yin) at the circle. The circle is large, as large in space is Yin. The circle is approximately '5' inches in diameter. (Figure 5.4-5)
Figure 5.4-5
In the second dimension of awareness, the unity (Yang) of the circle (Yang) subdivided (Yin) into '2' (Yin), time (Yang) and space (Yin). The subdivisions of 'my' world are symbolized by the fingers of 'my' hands. 'I' have '8' (Yin) fingers with which to be aware of subdivisions of 'my' circle. The '8' fingers are symbolized by '8' segments. The Yang fingers are symbolized by small (small in space is Yang) segments and the Yin fingers are symbolized by large (large in space is Yin) segments.
As the '2'nd (Yin) dimension is Yin, each of the '2' will be symbolized by a square, which is the '4' (Yin) sided symbol of the '4' (Yin) dimensional area. (Figure 5.4-6) The '2' squares of each pair are symmetrical, as time (Yang) and space (Yin) are symmetrical. The '2' squares of each pair have '2' distinctions. One distinction is in size, and the other distinction is in orientation. The square that symbolizes time (Yang) is composed of the '4' small (Yang) segments, and the square that symbolizes space (Yin) is composed of the '4' large (Yin) segments. The sizes of the '2' squares of each pair are symmetrical to each other and to the size of the circle.
Figure 5.4-6
Let us begin '1'st (Yang) with the symbol of time (Yang). Within the circle that symbolizes time (Yang), the smaller (Yang) square is positioned '1'st (Yang). (Figure 5.4-7) The smaller (Yang) square is oriented vertically (Yang), such that '1' (Yang) pair of segments join at the point that is closest to the point of the northeast (the direction of orientation for time) and a '2'nd (Yin) pair of segments join in the direction of the southwest (Yin to the Yang of the northeast).
Figure 5.4-7
The larger (Yin) square is positioned '2'nd (Yin). (Figure 5.4-8) The larger (Yin) square is oriented horizontally (Yin), such that '1' (Yang) pair of segments join at the point that is closest to the point of the east (the direction of orientation for space) and a '2'nd (Yin) pair of segments join in the direction of the west (Yin to the Yang of the east).
Figure 5.4-8
The symbol for time of the '1' (Yang) circle with '2' (Yin) squares is oriented such that northeast is up (Yang), as speakers of English symbolically face the northeast to orient to time.
The '2'nd (Yin) symbol is used with the orientation to space (Yin). In the '2'nd (Yin) symbol, Yin is '1'st (Yang). Within the circle that symbolizes space (Yin), the larger (Yin) square is positioned '1'st (Yang). (Figure 5.4-9) The larger (Yin) square is oriented vertically (Yang), such that '1' (Yang) pair of segments join at the point that is closest to the point of the east (the direction of orientation for space) and a '2'nd (Yin) pair of segments join in the direction of the west (Yin to the Yang of the east).
Figure 5.4-9
The smaller (Yang) square is positioned '2'nd (Yin). (Figure 5.4-10) The smaller (Yang) square is oriented horizontally (Yin), such that '1' (Yang) pair of segments join at the point that is closest to the point of the northeast (the direction of orientation for time) and a '2'nd (Yin) pair of segments join in the direction of the southwest (Yin to the Yang of the northeast).
Figure 5.4-10
The symbol for space of the '1' (Yang) circle with '2' (Yin) squares is oriented such that east is up (Yang), as speakers of English symbolically face the east to orient to space.
In both the symbol for time and the symbol for space, the smaller (Yang) square orients to the northeast and the larger (Yin) square orients to the east, such that the '2' squares establish a maximum forty-five degree symmetry with each other. This symmetry symbolizes '2' dimensional 'position'.
Chinese orients to '1' (Yang) point in the sky, the point where the sun (Yang) is highest (Yang) in the sky (Yang). Therefore, for both (Yang) time and space, left is Yang and right is Yin. English orients to '2' (Yin) areas, which are different (Yin) for time and space. Speakers of English orient to time (Yang) '1'st (Yang). As symbolized by the vertical (Yang) orientation of the hands to observe time (Yang), when facing the northeast, an area of space-time symbolically passes vertically (Yang) from the sky through the vertical midline of the body, passing from the northeast to the southwest. The northeast is the point of maximum Yin and minimum Yang, where Yang begins to increase. Yang increases as the sun, etc., passes along the right side of the area that passes through the midline of the body. Yang reaches its maximum at the point of the southwest. Yin is now at its minimum, and increases as the sun, etc., passes along the left side of the area, until it reaches its maximum again at the point of the northeast. Therefore, when orienting to time (Yang), the right (Yang) side is '1'st (Yang) and the left (Yin) side is '2'nd (Yin). For time (Yang), the right (Yang) half of the body and the sky symbolize Yang, and the left (Yin) half of the body and the sky symbolize Yin. In the symbol for time (Yang), motion along the circle begins from top (Yang) to bottom (Yin). (Figure 5.4-11)
Figure 5.4-11 - Time
Speakers of English orient to space (Yin) '2'nd (Yin). As symbolized by the horizonal (Yin) orientation of the hands to observe space (Yin), when facing the east, an area of space-time symbolically passes horizontally (Yin) through the horizontal midline of the body (the waist), passing from the east to the west. The east is the point of maximum Yang and minimum Yin, where Yin begins to increase. Yin increases as objects pass along the right side of the area that passes through the vertical midline of the body. Yin reaches its maximum at the point of the west. Here, Yang is at its minimum, and increases as objects pass along the left side of the area, until it reaches its maximum again at the point of the east. Therefore, when orienting to space (Yin), the left (Yang for space) side is '1'st (Yang) and the right (Yin for space) side is '2'nd (Yin). For space (Yin), the left (Yin) half of the body and the earth symbolize Yang, and the right (Yang) half of the body and the earth symbolize Yin. In the symbol for space (Yin), motion along the circle begins from bottom (Yin) to top (Yang). (Figure 5.4-12)
Figure 5.4-12 - Space
In the '3'rd dimension, there is awareness of '3' dimensional motion. Motion is symbolized by motion of the thumb along the '3' bones of each finger. Just as there are '4' fingers, each of which has '3' bones, subdivisions of the '2' squares symbolize '4' triangles, each of which has '3' sides. All of the segments within each of the circles can be recognized as '12' segments, which are subdivided into '4' figures of '3' segments.
In the '4'th dimension, there is awareness of interaction. Interaction is symbolized by interaction of the thumb with each of the '4' fingers of each hand. The '8' fingers are symbolized by the '8' segments that form the '2' squares. The '4' sides of the smaller (Yang) square symbolize the '4' interactions in time (Yang) and the '4' sides of the larger (Yin) square symbolize the '4' interactions in space (Yin).
The '8' segments, which symbolize the '8' fingers, fill the circle to form '2' squares, which symbolize '2' dimensional position, '4' triangles, which symbolize '3' dimensional motion, and '8' segments, which symbolize '4' dimensional interaction. Nothing more than the '8' fingers is necessary to symbolize '4' dimensional awareness of speakers of languages that orient to '4' dimensions.
In the '5'th dimension, there is awareness of perpetuation. Perpetuation is symbolized by the numbers '12' and '28'. Perpetuation is symbolized by the motion of the thumb both vertically (Yang) among the '4' (Yin) fingers and horizontally (Yin) among the '3' (Yang) bones of each finger. Inside of the circle there are '8' segments. Each of the segments of the smaller (Yang) square touches the midpoint of a corresponding segment of the larger (Yin) square, such that the segments of the larger (Yin) square, which symbolizes space (Yin), are subdivided (Yin). The '4' segments of the larger (Yin) square are subdivided (Yin) into '8' segments. These '8' segments of the larger (Yin) square plus the '4' segments of the smaller (Yang) square form '12' segments ('4' figures of '3' sides). To symbolize the perpetuation of these '12' segments, '12' additional segments must be added to the symbol. Each of these additional '12' segments is equal in length to the segments that form the smaller (Yang) square, and extends from the center to a point on the circle. The '12' straight segments subdivide the circle into '12' curved segments, each of which occupies thirty degrees, for a total of three hundred sixty degrees. Each curve symbolizes one of the constellations of the Zodiac on the ecliptic and one subdivision of the equator of the earth. Figure 5.4-13 symbolizes '5' dimensional consciousness of time and space.
Figure 5.4-13
In English, the '5' (Yang) dimensions of time (Yang) are integrated (Yang), but only '4' (Yin) dimensions of space (Yin) are integrated, and the '5'th dimension is subdivided. The symbols of Figure 5.4-13 enable visualization of the distinction between the integration (Yang) of time (Yang) and the subdivision (Yin) of space (Yin). In both the symbols for time and space, the vertical (Yang) segment and the horizontal (Yin) segment that pass through the center of the circle subdivide each of the squares that symbolize time and space into '4' quadrants. (Figure 5.4-14) In the symbol of time (Yang), the time quadrant subdivides the space quadrant into '1' (Yang) time figure and '1' (Yang) space figure, which are the same (Yang) size and shape, and both of which have '3' (Yang) sides. The symbol for time (Yang) is integrated (Yang). In the symbol of space (Yin), the time quadrant subdivides the space quadrant into '1' (Yang) time (Yang) figure and '2' (Yin) space (Yin) figures, of which the time and space figures are a different (Yin) size and shape; the time (Yang) figure has '4' (Yin) sides and the space (Yin) figures have '3' (Yang) sides. The symbol for space (Yin) is subdivided (Yin).
Figure 5.4-14
Look again at Figure 5.4-13. In this figure, all '12' segments are included. In the symbol for time (Yang), the time half of each quadrant and the space half of each quadrant each have the same (Yang) number of figures, '3' (Yang) figures, each of which has '3' (Yang) or '5' (Yang) sides. In the symbol for space (Yin), the time half of each quadrant and the space half of each quadrant each has a different (Yin) number of figures, the time (Yang) half of the quadrant has '3' (Yang) figures and the space (Yin) half of the quadrant has '4' (Yin) figures, of which the time (Yang) half of the quadrant has '2' (Yin) figures of '3' (Yang) sides and '1' (Yang) figure of '4' (Yin) sides, and the space half of the quadrant has '2' (Yin) figures of '3' (Yang) sides and '2' (Yin) figures of '4' (Yin) sides. Again, the symbol for time (Yang) is integrated (Yang) and the symbol for space is subdivided (Yin).
When the entire quadrant of each symbol is examined, in the symbol for time (Yang), each quadrant has '7' (Yang) figures of '3' (Yang) sides, '2' (Yin) figures of '4' (Yin) sides, and '1' (Yang) figure of '5' (Yang) sides, and so each is integrated (Yang). In the symbol for space (Yin), each quadrant has '4' (Yin) figures of '4' (Yin) sides, but has '6' (Yin) figures of '3' (Yang) sides, and so is subdivided (Yin).
In the symbol for time, the '1'st dimension is symbolized by the circle, which has '1' side, the '3'rd dimension is symbolized by the triangles, which have '3' sides, the '4'th dimension is symbolized by the squares, which have '4' sides, and the '5'th dimension is symbolized by the pentagons, which have '5' sides. The symbol for time therefore symbolizes the '1'st, '3'rd, '4'th, and '5'th dimensions. There are no '2' sided figures, which is to be expected, as languages that orient to '4' dimensions do not symbolize the '2'nd dimension. The symbol for space has a circle, triangles, and squares, but no pentagons. The symbol for space does not symbolize '5' sided figures because the English language does not symbolize space in terms of '5' dimensions.
In the '5'th dimension, the '4' subdivisions of the cycle of the day (Yang) and the cycle of the year (Yang) again subdivide, into '12'. Because the day and the year are Yang, the '12' subdivisions are symbolized in the symbol for time (Yang) by the '12' figures that are within the smaller (Yang) square, which symbolizes time (Yang).
In the '5'th dimension, the cycle of the month (Yin) subdivides into '28'. Because the month is Yin, the '28' subdivisions are symbolized in the symbol for space (Yin). The '28' are symbolized by the '28' subdivisions within the larger (Yin) square, which includes those figures that are within the smaller (Yang) square. Let us follow the flow of one week. (Figure 5.4-15) Each segment of the smaller (Yang) square forms part of eight figures. Of these eight, two are shared with the neighboring week, one on either side. As the month begins with maximum Yin, and as maximum Yin in the symbol for space begins in the southwest, begin with the rightmost (most Yin for space) figure that borders the west segment of the smaller (Yang) square. The bottom (Yin) figure on the right (Yin for space) is '1'st (Yang). The order of the '7' figures of the '1'st week is indicated in Figure 5.4-15. The week is subdivided into '2' groups of '3' days. For each group of '3' days, the '1'st (Yang) and '3'rd (Yang) days are symbolized by a figure with '3' (Yang) sides, and the '2'nd (Yin) day is symbolized by a figure with '4' (Yin) sides. The '1'st and '3'rd shapes are symmetrical (corresponding angles measure the same), but the '1'st is smaller (Yang) than the '3'rd. Just as with the circles that symbolize time and space, small (Yang) is '1'st (Yang) and large (Yin) is '2'nd (Yin). Notice that the '1'st day is symmetrical with the '6'th day, the '2'nd day is symmetrical with the '5'th day, and the '3'rd day is symmetrical with the '4'th day, as the same bone of the finger is used to symbolize each pair. Also notice that the '7'th day is different from the other days. The '7'th (Yang) day is symbolized by a figure that has '4' (Yin) sides. Unlike the '4' sided figures that symbolize the '2'nd and '5'th days of the week, the sides of this figure are symmetrical. Because the '7'th figure has '4' sides, it symmetrically borders each of '2' weeks, enabling a flow from one to the other. Notice that the symbol for time (Yang) cannot be used to symbolize the subdivisions of the cycle of the month (Yin), because in the symbol for time the square that symbolizes space only contains '24', and not '28', figures.
Figure 5.4-15
Notice that each entire circle is subdivided into '28 + 12 = 40' figures with '3' or '5' (Yang) or '4' (Yin) sides. '40' subdivisions is full circle. There are numerous allusions to '40' in ancient tradition, particularly '40' years (Yang) or '40' days (Yang), as '40' is the complete cycle of the unity (Yang) of the circle.
It is interesting to note that these symbols contain a large number of geometric shapes; circles, triangles (equilateral, isosceles, scalene, right, acute, obtuse), squares and other symmetrical and asymmetrical '4' sided shapes, and pentagons. The segments are whole, or are subdivided into one half, one fourth, one third, two thirds, etc.
For comparison with English, let us create a geometric symbol that will enable visualization of the distinction between Chinese and English. When speakers of Chinese orient to the '1' (Yang) point of the south in the sky, the infinity (Yang) of the '1'st (Yang) dimension can be symbolized by '1' (Yang) circle. Like the Chinese (Yang) symbol of the Tao (Yang), the circle is small (Yang). Chinese (Yang) was '1'st (Yang), and small (Yang) in space was '1'st (Yang). In English, the '1'st (Yang) symbol, of time (Yang), is also small (Yang), but English evolved '2' (Yin) circles, and the '2'nd (Yin) circle is large (Yin). The subdivisions of 'my' world are symbolized by the '5' (Yang) fingers of 'my' hand. The '5' (Yang) fingers are symbolized by '5' (Yang) segments. The '5' (Yang) segments form '2' (Yang and Yin) symmetrical figures, each of which has '3' (Yang) sides. (Figure 5.4-16)
Figure 5.4-16
The '2'nd (Yin) dimension is symbolized by the '2' (Yin) figures with '2' (Yin) sides; one side is one half of the circle and the other side is the diameter that subdivides the circle into '2' (Yin) halves. (The English language does not symbolize the '2'nd dimension as a distinct dimension, and the English symbols do not have figures with '2' sides. Unlike Chinese (Yang), where '1' (Yang) diameter occurs early (Yang) as '1' (Yang) segment, in English (Yin), 6 (Yin) diameters occur late (Yin) and each is composed of 2 (Yin) radii.) The '3'rd (Yang) dimension is symbolized by a cycle of '6'. The thumb is counted '2' times in the cycle of '6', and so the diameter that symbolizes the thumb is subdivided into '2'. (Figure 5.4-17)
Figure 5.4-17
This subdivides each of the '2' triangles into '2' triangles. Each of the '4' figures has '3' (Yang) sides. The '4' interactions of the '4'th dimension are symbolized by '4' segments on the left (Yang) half of the circle and '4' segments on the right (Yin) half. (Figure 5.4-18)
Figure 5.4-18
The symbol now has '2' (Yin) figures that symbolize the '4'th (Yin) dimension, '1' square with '4' sides and '1' octagon with '8' sides. These '8' segments subdivide the area outside of each '1' (Yang) triangle into '3' (Yang) triangles. The '5'th dimension is symbolized by subdividing each '1' of the '4' radii into '3' segments, giving '4 x 3 = 12' segments. (Figure 5.4-19)
Figure 5.4-19
Each quadrant now has a '5' sided pentagon, which symbolizes the '5'th dimension. This symbol has figures of '1' side (circle), '2' sides (semicircles), '3' sides (triangles), '4' sides (square and octagon), and '5' sides (pentagons), and therefore symbolizes all '5' dimensions. Look at the most subdivided figures in the symbol. As with the English symbols, there are a total of '40' figures. As with the English symbol for time (Yang), which is integrated (Yang), there are '12' figures within the '1'st level (of the square), there are '12' figures within the '2'nd level (of the octagon), and there are '16' figures within the '3'rd level (of the circle). With the '1'st level, each quadrant has '3' (Yang) figures, each of which has '3' (Yang) sides. In the '2'nd level, each quadrant has '3' (Yang) figures of '3' (Yang) or '5' (Yang) sides. In the '3'rd level, each quadrant has '4' (Yin) figures, but each figure has '3' (Yang) sides. All figures within the symbol have an odd (Yang) number of sides, demonstrating that Chinese (Yang) is integrated (Yang). Figure 5.4-19 symbolizes the Chinese symbol of the Tao, before it was filled in with white and black to symbolize subdivision into Yang and Yin.
Let us return now to the English symbols for time and space, and separate the '2' squares from the '4' dimensional symbol of '5' dimensional unity, and examine each in more detail. Figure 5.4-20 shows the '4' sided square that symbolizes time in the '4'th dimension. At the center of the square is a symbol of the 'I' between the 'eyes'. The 'I' also symbolizes the '1' (Yang) vertical (Yang) sternum of the chest, which is positioned between the '2' (Yin) horizontal (Yin) nipples, the intersection of which symbolizes the center of the body, the point of the 'I' in English. The figure shows the '4' directions that symbolize awareness of time. Whereas these are subdivisions of the primary directions of space, they are the primary directions of time.
Figure 5.4-20
As time (Yang) orients to maximum Yin, in the '1'st half of the cycle (circle) the bottom (Yin) pair of fingers moves upward (Yang), from the little finger to the ring finger, and in the '2'nd half of the cycle the top (Yang) pair of fingers moves downward (Yin), from the index finger to the middle finger. (Figure 5.4-21)
Figure 5.4-21
Figure 5.4-22 shows the subdivisions of the primary cycles of time, and shows their relationships with the fingers. The day is subdivided into '4' hours. The month is subdivided into '4' weeks. The year is subdivided into '4' seasons.
Figure 5.4-22
Figure 5.4-23 shows the '4' sided square that symbolizes space in the '4'th dimension. The figure shows the '4' directions that symbolize awareness of space. Whereas these are subdivisions of the primary directions of time, they are the primary directions of space.
Figure 5.4-23
As space (Yin) orients to maximum Yang, in the '1'st half of the cycle the top (Yang) pair of fingers moves downward (Yin), from the index finger to the middle finger, and in the '2'nd half of the cycle the bottom (Yin) pair of fingers moves upward (Yang), from the little finger to the ring finger. (Figure 5.4-24)
Figure 5.4-24
The symbolic subdivision of space in ancient Greece was known as the '4' elements. The '4' elements were 'discovered' by science (Yin) in order to symbolize space (Yin), which is seen (Yin), in distinction to the symbolism of religion (Yang), which symbolizes time (Yang), and which is formless (Yang).
The ancient Greeks, the first 'scientists', modeled science (Yin) on the grammar of their '4' (Yin) dimensional language. These scientists attempted to understand the matter (Yin) of which the world that they see (Yin) is made. Space is symbolized in language in the form of nouns. The '4' elements symbolize the '4' forms of nouns in language.
Thales, the 'first' scientist (2,500 years ago), conjectured that 'water' is the '1' form of matter out of which all things are made. The '1'st form of matter to be 'discovered' by science (Yin) is a Yin element, water. Water symbolizes the point at which Yin has grown equal to Yang, and so is symbolized by the middle finger.
In the next generation, Anaximenes conjectured that 'air' is the '1' form of matter out of which all things are made. The '2'nd form of matter to be 'discovered' by science (Yin) is the element that symbolizes maximum Yang, air. Air is symbolized by the index finger.
In the next generation, Heraclitus conjectured that 'fire' is the '1' form of matter out of which all things are made. The '3'rd form of matter to be 'discovered' by science (Yin) is a Yang element, fire. Fire symbolizes the point at which Yang has grown equal to Yin, and so is symbolized by the ring finger.
In the next generation, Empedocles conjectured that 'earth' is the '4'th form of matter out of which all things are made, and proposed that all of matter is composed of combinations of the '4' elements, which result from the '4' interactions. The '4'th form of matter to be 'discovered' by science (Yin) is the element that symbolizes maximum Yin, earth. Earth is symbolized by the little finger. Figure 5.4-25 shows the symbol for space with the '4' elements.
Figure 5.4-25
The '4' elements were discovered in the order water, air, fire, and earth. Why this order? The smallest (most Yin, as small in Yin in time) cycle of time is the 'hour'. The hour is symbolized to begin at the middle finger. The cycle of the hour flows from the point of equal Yin to the point of maximum Yin to the point of equal Yang to the point of maximum Yang. (Figure 5.4-22) As science (Yin) was '2'nd (Yin), the '1'st (Yang) discovery of science followed the pattern of the last (most Yin) cycle of time, the cycle of the hour. In order to determine the pattern of space that is symmetrical to the cycle of the hour of time, the cycle of space begins at the direction that corresponds to the middle finger. (Figure 5.4-25) Because space is symmetrical to time, the clockwise flow around the square that symbolizes time becomes counterclockwise around the square that symbolizes space. As well, the Yang and Yin relationships of each corner have changed. The '1'st position on the larger square symbolizes equal Yin, which symbolizes water in space, and water was the '1'st element to be discovered. The '2'nd position symbolizes minimum Yin and maximum Yang, which symbolizes air, and air was the '2'nd element to be discovered. The '3'rd position symbolizes equal Yang, which symbolizes fire, and fire was the '3'rd element to be discovered. The '4'th position symbolizes minimum Yang and maximum Yin, which symbolizes earth, and earth was the '4'th element to be discovered.
Consider the nouns 'air', 'earth', 'fire', and 'water'. This order, which is still the most common order nowadays, reflects that for space east is '1'st (Yang), and that west is '2'nd (Yin) to the '1'st (Yang) of east. Fire is before (Yang to) water, because in space (Yin) left (Yin) is '1'st (Yang). These '4' words symbolize time (Yang), which was '1'st (Yang). In the symbolism of time, the heavens (Yang) are the most light (maximum Yang) when the sun is high (Yang) in the sky (Yang) behind (Yin to) the body. The earth (Yin) is the most dark (maximum Yin) when the sun is low (Yin) on the earth (Yin) before (Yang to) the body. Fire symbolizes the sun rising (Yang) on the right (Yang), and water symbolizes the sun falling (Yin) on the left (Yin). When these symbols are used to symbolize space (Yin), '2'nd (Yin), their position is symmetrical. 'I' see no motion (no motion is Yin) behind (Yin to) 'me' on the earth (Yin). The motion that begins behind 'me' rises (Yang) from the left (Yang for space), and so the symbol 'fire' is on the left (Yang for space). 'I' see maximum motion (Yang) on the earth (space) that is before (Yang to) 'me', and so the heavens (air) is symbolized by the east. The motion (Yang) begins to decrease (Yin) as the motion moves to 'my' right (Yin for space), and this decrease, like the falling of water, is symbolized by water (Yin) on the right (Yin for space). The position of the '4' elements of space is symmetrical to the position of their symbolism for time.
The '4' elements are recognized to undergo change. Awareness of this change is awareness of time. Change occurs over time. The types of changes that nouns can undergo are known as 'forces'. A 'force' is that which causes change in a noun.
There is awareness of '4' forces that act on the '4' elements in space in the fifth dimension. As each force has a Yang and a Yin form, there are '4' forces of time (Yang) and '4' forces of space (Yin). Languages that orient to '4' (Yin) dimensions recognize '4' (Yin) subdivided (Yin) forces in the universe. These forces are called 'interactions' in this book.
The '4' elements combine and interact to form all that exists. How do the '4' elements interact? How do time and space interact in the universe? Religion (Yang) 'believes' (Yang) in '1' (Yang) force in nature (god). Science (Yin) 'knows' (Yin) that there are '4' (Yin) forces in nature. In modern science, these '4' forces are called the 'gravitational' force, the 'electro-magnetic' force, the 'strong' force, and the 'weak' force. These will be discussed in more detail in Part III.
The form of word in language that symbolizes change in space is the adjective. Adjectives are Yang to the Yin of nouns, as adjectives symbolize change in space (Yin) over time (Yang).
In ancient times, the '4' interactions of the '4' elements in space were symbolized by the '4' forms of 'weather'. The direction of maximum Yang in space, east, and the direction of maximum Yin in space, west, each subdivided (Yin) into '2' (Yin) interactions.
East (maximum Yang) interacts with north (equal Yang), to the left (Yang for space), in the form of interaction known as 'hot'. The '1'st (Yang) force is the force of attraction (Yang). As motion of the objects increases (Yang) from the left (Yang) in space, it becomes hot (Yang). Hot (Yang) symbolizes motion (Yang) increasing (Yang). Hot (Yang) attracts (Yang) motion (Yang), just as motion approaches (is attracted to) 'me'. People who were still (Yin), horizontal (Yin), and asleep (Yin), indoors (Yin), awake (Yang), become vertical (Yang), go outdoors (Yang), become active (Yang), work (Yang), etc. When it is hot (Yang), people's bodies attract (Yang) energy (Yang), and are in motion (Yang). Hot (Yang) corresponds to the force of 'gravity' (Yang). Hot is symbolized by the index finger.
West (maximum Yin) interacts with south (equal Yin) to the right (Yin for space) in the symmetrical interaction to hot, known as 'cold'. The '2'nd (Yin) force is the force of repulsion (Yin). As the motion of objects decreases (Yin) to the right (Yin) in space, it becomes cold (Yin). Cold (Yin) symbolizes motion (Yang) decreasing (Yin). Cold (Yin) repulses (Yin) motion, just as the motion moves away from (is repulsed by) 'me'. People who were awake (Yang), active (Yang), and vertical (Yang), outdoors (Yang), go indoors (Yin), become horizontal (Yin), become still (Yin), sleep (Yin), etc. When it is cold (Yin), people's bodies repulse (Yin) energy, and are still (Yin). Cold (Yin) corresponds to the force of 'electro-magnetism' (Yin). Cold is symbolized by the little finger.
The '2'nd (Yin) distinction of the east (maximum Yang) interacts with the south (equal Yin), to the right (Yin for space), in the interaction known as 'wet'. Wet is Yin to the Yang of hot. Wet is Yin, but wet is Yin within Yang, repulsion in the face of attraction. Wet symbolizes motion (Yang) decreasing (Yin) toward the right (Yin for space). When it is wet (Yin) there is water (Yin). In spite of the motion (Yang) of light (Yang) during the day, when it is wet (Yin) there is stillness (Yin), as people go indoors (Yin) to escape the rain, cease work (Yin), and become still (Yin), etc. Wet corresponds to the 'weak' force. Wet is symbolized by the middle finger.
The '2'nd (Yin) distinction of the west (maximum Yin) interacts with the north (equal Yang), to the left (Yang for space) in the interaction known as 'dry'. Dry is Yang to the Yin of cold. Dry is Yang, but dry is Yang within Yin, attraction in the face of repulsion. Dry symbolizes motion (Yang) increasing (Yang) from the left (Yang for space). When it is dry (Yang) there is no water (Yin). In spire of the lack of motion (Yin) during the day that is darkness (Yin), when it is dry (Yang) there is motion (Yang), as people go outdoors (Yang) to search for water, cease stillness (Yang), and become active (Yang), etc. Dry corresponds to the 'strong' force. Dry is symbolized by the ring finger. (Figure 5.4-26)
Figure 5.4-26
Air can be symbolized as the element that is formed by the interaction of (has the characteristics of being) hot and wet, earth is formed by the interaction of cold and dry, fire is formed by the interaction of hot and dry, and water is formed by the interaction of cold and wet.
In addition to the '4' interactions (forces) of space (Yin) which can be seen (Yin), there are '4' interactions of time (Yang) which are formless (Yang).
The words that name the '4' forces in time (Yang) are verbs (Yang). Verbs symbolize smaller (Yang) changes to nouns in space than the changes that are symbolized by adjectives. Verbs are Yang to the Yin of adjectives. Verbs that symbolize '4' dimensional interaction ('transitive' verbs) will be used to symbolize the '4' interactions of the '4' cycles of time (Yang).
The '1'st (Yang) force is the force of attraction (Yang). This force can be symbolized by the verb 'believe'. 'Believe' is Yang. People 'believe' (Yang) what they understand, but cannot see (Yang), about the heavens (Yang). When a person has a 'belief' (Yang), the person is attracted (Yang) to that 'belief' (Yang), and behaves in accordance with 'beliefs' (Yang) about religion (Yang) in the heavens (Yang). 'Belief' requires constant energy and reconfirmation. 'Belief' attracts energy. If a person 'believes' (Yang) in religion (Yang), the person cannot ignore that belief, but will devote a large (Yang) amount of time (Yang) to it. 'Believe' corresponds to 'gravity' and 'hot'. As 'hot' symbolizes the quadrant to the left (Yang for space) of maximum Yang in the symbol for space (Yin), 'believe' symbolizes the quadrant to the right (Yang for time) of maximum Yang in the symbol for time (Yang). 'Believe' is symbolized by the index finger. A person who 'believes' (Yang) that a goal is achievable (positive is Yang) becomes active (Yang), and tends to prove himself right.
The '2'nd (Yin) force is the force of repulsion (Yin). This force can be symbolized by the verb 'know'. 'Know' is Yin. People 'know' (Yin) what they understand, and can see (Yin), about the earth (Yin). When a person 'knows' (Yin) something about nature, the person need not dwell on that 'knowledge', but will leave it and move onward to something else. The verb 'know' (Yin) symbolizes repulsion (Yin). 'Know' corresponds to 'electro-magnetism' and 'cold'. People who know (Yin) about the earth (Yin) will be still (Yin), and people will devote a small (Yin) amount to time to that knowledge (Yin); for example, people do not usually devote any energy to recalling that '2+2=4'. 'Know' is symbolized by the little finger. A person who 'knows' (Yin) that a goal is not achievable (negative is Yin) becomes still (Yin), and tends to prove himself right.
People 'believe' (Yang) in the heavens (Yang) and 'know' (Yin) about the earth (Yin). Just as the heavens and the earth subdivided into fire and water, just as gravity and electro-magnetism subdivided into the 'strong' and 'weak' forces, just as the adjectives of 'hot' and 'cold' subdivided into 'dry' and 'wet', the verbs of language, 'believe' and 'know' subdivided.
The '3'rd (Yang) force is the force of attraction (Yang), but it is attraction (Yang) within repulsion (Yin). This force is symbolized by the verb 'love'. 'Love' symbolizes Yang within Yin, attraction in the face of repulsion. 'Love' (Yang) symbolizes attraction (Yang) based on 'belief' (Yang) in good (Yang), despite what the eyes (Yin) enable a person to 'know' (Yin) may contain some evil (Yin). Love attracts (Yang) people to do what might otherwise repulse (Yin). 'Love' corresponds to the 'strong' force and 'dry'. 'Love' is symbolized by the ring finger. Because the ring finger symbolizes 'love', it is common for people to extend their 'ring' finger downward (Yin) and inward (Yin) as a symbol of 'love', and it is common to place a 'ring' on the extended finger as a visible (Yin) symbol of that 'love'. As love is Yang, the ring finger that is Yang in space (Yin) tends to be used for a ring (which occupies space), the ring finger of the left hand. 'Love' (attraction) is Yang, and people tend to be attracted to (to 'like') a large (Yang) number of people.
The '4'th (Yin) force is the force of repulsion (Yin), but it is repulsion (Yin) within attraction (Yang). This force is symbolized by the verb 'hate'. 'Hate' symbolizes Yin within Yang, repulsion in the face of attraction. 'Hate' (Yin) symbolizes repulsion (Yin) based on 'knowledge' (Yin) of evil (Yin), despite what time (Yang) has taught a person to 'believe' (Yang) may contain some good (Yang). 'Hate' corresponds to the 'weak' force and 'wet'. 'Hate' is symbolized by the middle finger. Because the middle finger symbolizes 'hate', it is common for people to extend the middle finger outward (Yang) and upward (Yang) as a symbol of 'hate'. As hate is Yin, the middle finger that is Yin in space tends to be used, the middle finger of the right hand. 'Hate' (repulsion) is Yin, and people tend to be repulsed by (to 'dislike') a small (Yin) number of people. (Figure 5.4-27)
Figure 5.4-27
In Chinese, which orients to the '1'st dimension, space is '1'st (Yang). All verbs in Chinese have evolved as abstractions of what were originally nouns. In Swahili, which orients to the '5'th dimension, time is '1'st (Yang). All nouns in Swahili have evolved as concretions of what were originally verbs. English orients to the '4'th dimension, and so is closer to Swahili in this respect. Therefore, it is not that the '4' elements (nouns) gave rise to the '4' forces in space (adjectives) and to the '4' forces in time (verbs), but more that interactions of the forces gave rise to the elements.
'5' Dimensional Symbols Of The '5' Dimensions
It is possible to symbolize these '4' dimensional circles of time and space in '5' dimensions, whereby each person can recognize his personal '5' dimensional symbolism of time and space.
To symbolize a '5' dimensional volume of time, join each index finger with the thumb. Open all fingers of each hand so that they line up with the index finger. Each hand now occupies a small (Yang) '5' dimensional volume of space. For time (Yang), the hands are held high (Yang), with the arms vertical (Yang), and the elbows downward and fairly close together. Right (Yang) is '1'st (Yang), so position the right (Yang) hand '1'st (Yang) in front of the face. Position the left (Yin) hand '2'nd (Yin), with the circle of the left hand behind the circle of the right hand, so that it will be seen '2'nd (Yin), and the fingers of the left hand underneath (Yin to) the fingers of the right hand. The '2' hands form the shape of a 'telescope'. Stand with head upward (Yang), looking vertically (Yang) toward the heavens (Yang). Use '1' (Yang) eye to look at small (Yang for space) volumes of space that are far (Yang) away. People tend to use their right (Yang) eye to view time (Yang). (Photo 5.4-11)
Photo 5.4-11
To symbolize a '5' dimensional volume of space, open the fingers wide and join each fingertip with the corresponding fingertip of the other hand. The hands now occupy a large (Yin) '5' dimensional volume of space. For space (Yin), the hands are held low (Yin), with the arms horizontal (Yin), and the elbows outward and far apart. Stand with head downward (Yin), looking horizontally (Yin) toward the earth (Yin). The '2' hands form a 'boundary' of space. Use '2' (Yin) eyes to look at large (Yin for space) volumes of space that are near (Yin). The volume that is symbolized by the hands can be used to symbolize the shapes and sizes of objects in space. The size of the volume can be expanded outward, as necessary, to symbolize larger objects. (Photo 5.4-12)
Photo 5.4-12
To the ancient Greeks, Aristotle suggested that a '5'th force of nature be recognized, and that it be symbolized by adding a '5'th element to the '4' elements that were recognized to compose the world of mankind.
Aristotle considered this '5'th interaction to be 'perfect' because of the powerful extra 'dimension' of awareness that it enabled. This came to be called the 'fifth essence', or the 'quintessence' (from Latin 'quinta', or 'fifth', and 'essence', or 'element').
Although the ancient Greeks had become aware of the '5'th dimension, their language has a primary orientation to '4' dimensions. Time (Yang), which follows '1' (Yang) pattern, could be expressed through language, but it was (and still is) not possible to express '5' dimensional awareness of space through a language that orients to '4' dimensions, as space (Yin) follows a different (Yin) pattern.