Yin and Yang of Storms

author: Miguel Amistoso

It is said that hurricanes, only bring destruction and despair to mankind. Truly it is believed as such due to its nature to lay waste to anything within its path. Most people lose their homes (especially the unprivileged citizens), businesses are disrupted, certain places turn into a wasteland, and many other catastrophes. With results like this it is human nature to have a mindset of storms being lets say “evil” and only having a malevolent purpose. Like in Ancient times storms are believed to be methods of how the gods place their judgments upon mankind. Yet in the latter years people learned that storms are merely natural patterns formed by nature itself. Then some opinions changed yet more remain against its good side.

YES!!!! Like it or not there is such a thing a balance. I guess this quote naturally applies in all aspects of life here on earth and that includes storms. Like the symbol of yin and yang that primarily represents balance it has several interpretations. It could be the black side representing evil and white representing good, or the saying “where there is light there is shadow”, Yin and Yang are interdependent meaning one cannot exist without the other, “Part of Yin is Yang and part of Yang is Yin”, and so many more theories can be made on this symbol. I certainly believe storms do have that same concept as well.

Ok let’s start with what the mainstream usually thinks of storms that is Yin which is the darker element; it is sad, passive, dark, feminine, downward-seeking, and corresponds to the night. As explained above, most believe that storms come to rain death to living creatures as well as cause natural calamity such as land erosions, and such.

But lets look at the opposite that is Yang, which is the brighter element; it is happy, active, light, masculine, upward seeking and corresponds to the day. Storms don’t happen everyday. Some people have already believed even in ancient times that it is judgment to those who serve no decent purpose in life. In my personal opinion it does apply because technology has already reigned over majority of mankind’s natural life. Human’s used to be able live without relying much of technological appliances but today some people can no longer even see their purpose once technology is stripped from them. I guess I can say “storms that knock off their electrical powers should put them back on their feet”.