The hidden meanings of yin and yang - John Bellaimey

Skrivena značenja jina i janga - Džon Belejmi (John Bellaimey)

Prevodilac: Miloš Milosavljević Lektor: Tatjana Jevdjic

You might have seen this symbol before,

Možda ste videli ranije ovaj simbol,

whether it's as a temporary tattoo

bilo kao privremenu tetovažu

or at a Chinese temple.

ili na kineskom hramu.

It's called the yin-yang symbol.

To se zove jin-jang simbol.

It comes from Taoism,

Dolazi iz taoizma,

a religion born in China

religije koja je nastala u Kini

and it has far more meaning than you probably realize.

i ima mnogo više značenja nego što verovatno pretpostavljate.

The yin is the dark swirl,

Jin je crni zavijutak,

and the yang is the light one,

a jang je beli

and each side has a dot of the opposite color,

i svaka strana ima tačku suprotne boje

which gives a clue to the meaning of yin and yang.

koja daje trag značenju jina i janga.

Everything contains the seed of its opposite.

U svemu postoji zrno suprotnosti.

Darth Vadar has the seed of goodness,

Dart Vejder ima zrno dobrog,

and Luke has the potential to follow

a Luk Skajvoker - potencijal da se pridruži

his father to the dark side.

svom ocu na tamnoj strani.

Like Luke and his father,

Kao Luk i njegov otac,

yin and yang are not total opposites,

jin i jang nisu potpune suprotnosti.

they are relative to each other.

Uzajamno su povezani.

Taoists believe that the universe is made up

Taoisti veruju da je svemir sastavljen od

of energies, vibrations, and matter,

energija, vibracija i materije

which behave differently

koji se ponašaju različito

in different contexts.

u različitim kontekstima.

Something can be yin or yang

Nešto može biti jin ili jang

depending on,

u zavisnosti od,

well, depending on lots of things.

pa... mnogo stvari.

So, while wheat that's growing is yang,

Dok je pšenica koja raste - jang,

when it's being reaped, it's yin.

kad je požnjevena, ona je jin.

A wave's crest is yang,

Vrh talasa je jang,

and the trough is yin.

a dno talasa - jin.

Villages on the sunny side of a valley in China

Sela na sunčanoj strani doline u Kini

have names like Liuyang or Shiyang,

imaju imena kao što su Liujang ili Šijang,

but on the shady side, for example,

a na senovitoj strani, na primer,

of the Yangtze River Valley,

doline reke Jangce

there's Jiangyin.

nalazi se Đijangjin.

The brake is yin to the gas pedal's yang.

Kočnica je jin za jang pedale za gas.

An eggshell is yang,

Ljuska jajeta je jang,

the egg inside is yin.

unutrašnjost jajeta je jin.

You think you're getting it?

Je l' počinjete da shvatate?

Yang is harder,

Jang je čvršće,

stronger,

jače,

brighter,

svetlije

and faster,

i brže,

but one can turn into the other

ali jedno može da se okrene u drugo

or are two sides of the same coin.

kao dve strane istog novčića.

The sunbeams are yang

Sunčevi zraci su jang

in comparison to the shadows.

u poređenju sa senkama.

The pitch is yang,

Bacanje je jang,

the catch is yin.

hvatanje je jin.

The yang starts an action,

Jang počinje akciju,

and the yin receives it,

a jin je prima,

completes it.

završava je.

Yin is the inside space of a cup;

Jin je unutrašnji prostor čaše;

it wouldn't be a cup without it.

bez njega ne bi bilo čaše.

Yang is the cup.

Jang je čaša.

The coffee's heat, however, is yang,

Vrelina kafe je, međutim, jang,

and its blackness is yin.

a njeno crnilo je jin.

Yang goes berserk sometimes,

Jang ponekad podivlja,

but there's some very powerful yins, too,

ali ima i nekih vrlo moćnih jinova,

if they don't quite go berserk.

ako ne podivljaju baš potpuno.

Yin is the darker swirl, the female,

Jin je crni zavijutak, ženski,

but there is a white dot in it.

ali ima belu tačku na sebi.

And yang is the lighter, the male,

Jang je svetli, muški,

but it has a black dot.

ali ima crnu tačku.

Water flowing calmly in a river is yin,

Voda koja teče lagano u reci je jin,

but when it goes over the waterfall,

ali kad pređe u vodopad

it's very yang.

vrlo je jang.

Toothpicks are yin

Čačkalice su jin

compared with a telephone pole.

u poređenju sa telefonskim stubom.

The back of a person is more yang

Zadnja strana osobe je više jin

than the front.

od prednje strane.

The top of a person is the yang end.

Glava osobe je jang.

Taoism teaches that there is a power in the universe.

Taoizam podučava da postoji sila u svemiru.

It's higher, deeper, and truer than any other force.

Ona je viša, dublja i istinitija od bilo koje druge sile.

They call it the Tao.

Zovu je Tao.

It means the way.

To znači put.

Like the Force in Star Wars,

Kao Sila u Ratovima zvezda,

the Tao has two sides.

Tao ima dve strane.

Unlike other religions where the higher power is all good,

Za razliku od drugih religija gde je viša sila apsolutno dobro

and perhaps has an all-evil rival,

i možda ima apsolutno zlog protivnika,

Taoism teaches that we need to learn

taoizam podučava da treba da učimo

from both yin and yang.

i od jina i od janga.

And unlike religions with gods that are personal,

Za razliku od religija sa bogovima koji su lični,

the higher power in Taoism is not.

viša sila u taoizmu nije.

Taoists believe that living in harmony with the way,

Taoisti veruju da osoba koja živi u skladu sa postojećim stanjem,

a person will not have to fight

neće morati da se bori

against the universe's natural flow.

protiv prirodnog toka svemira.

So, for example, listen more,

Zato, na primer, slušajte više,

argue less.

svađajte se manje.

Be ready to back up or undo something,

Budite spremni da se povučete ili ponovo uradite nešto

and you will make even faster progress.

i napravićete brži napredak.

Don't worry about being the best,

Ne trudite se da budete najbolji,

be who you are.

budite ono što jeste.

Live simply.

Živite jednostavno.

Complications take you away from the Tao.

Komplikacije vas odvlače od Taoa.

"The wise person is flexible," Taoists say.

"Mudar čovek je fleksibilan", kažu taoisti.

Learning to use the Tao

Učenje da koristite Tao

is what Taoism is all about,

je ono što je suština taoizma

and that's why you should know

i zato bi trebalo da razlikujete

your yin from your yang.

vaš jin od vašeg janga.