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	<blockquote class="definition">'''Taiji''' (~~literally~~ "~~great pole~~") is the ~~Taoist~~ term for the ~~basic process~~ of [[~~Creation~~]] which ~~occurs as~~ [[~~Consciousness~~]] ~~enters~~ [[~~Consciousness~~]] and ~~begins~~ the ~~process of forming~~ [[~~Physical Creation~~]]. ~~The symbol represents~~ the ~~balanced application~~ (in [[Consciousness]]~~) of~~ [[~~Yin and Yang~~]] ([[~~Force and Formation~~]] in [[~~Lightning Path~~]] ~~terms~~) ~~used to create [[Physical Matter]]~~.		<blockquote class="definition">'''Taiji''' (太極, "Supreme Ultimate," a.k.a. ''T'ai-chi'') is the Chinese cosmological term for the first differentiation of the undifferentiated ground ([[Wuji]]): the dynamic unity in which [[Yin]] and [[Yang]] arise as complementary poles and from which the ten thousand things unfold. Where Wuji names the ground in stillness, Taiji names the [[Dao\|Way]] in motion — "the spark of movement — the emergence, oscillation or vibratory modulation which allows the defined 'something' of manifestation to be born of the infinite 'no-thing' of Wuji."<ref name="reninger">Reninger, Elizabeth. "What Is the Meaning of Wuji (Wu Chi) In Taoist Cosmology?" ''Learn Religions'', 2019. https://www.learnreligions.com/wuji-wu-chi-3183136</ref> In LP terms, Taiji is a syncretic analogue of [[Emanating Consciousness]]: [[Consciousness]] beginning to differentiate within itself, the first movement of the [[Unfolding of Creation]]. Its classic emblem is the [[Taijitu]], and its principles are embodied in the internal martial art taijiquan (t'ai chi ch'uan).</blockquote>
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	==~~Syncretic Terms~~==		== Concept Map ==

	~~[[Emanating Consciousness]] > {{#ask:[[Is a syncretic term::Emanating Consciousness]]}}~~		=== Key Terms ===

	=~~=Related Terms==~~		[[World System]] > {{#ask:[[Is a key term::World System]]\|format=ul}}

	{{#ask:[[Is a ~~related~~ term::~~Taiji~~]]}}		[[Human Development Framework]] > {{#ask:[[Is a key term::Human Development Framework]]\|format=ul}}

	==~~Notes~~==		=== Daoism Key Terms ===

	"Taiji refers to Tao-in-motion. Taiji represents the spark of movement--the emergence, oscillation or vibratory modulation which allows the defined “something” of manifestation to be born of the infinite “no-thing” of Wuji." <ref>~~Reninger, Elizabeth. “What~~ Is ~~the Meaning of Wuji (Wu Chi) In Taoist Cosmology?” Learn Religions, 2019. https~~:~~//www.learnreligions.com/wuji-wu-chi-3183136</ref>~~		[[Daoism]] > {{#ask:[[Is a key term::Daoism]]\|format=ul}}

	~~For~~ a ~~visual representation~~ of Taiji ~~see~~ the ~~universally recognized~~ [[Taijitu]] ~~symbol~~.		===Syncretic Terms===

			[[Emanating Consciousness]] > {{#ask:[[Is a syncretic term::Emanating Consciousness]]\|format=ul}}

			=== Related LP Terms ===

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			== Notes ==

			=== Historical Placement ===

			The term enters the tradition through the ''Xici zhuan'' ("Appended Statements," one of the Ten Wings of the ''[[Yijing]]''): "In the Changes there is the Supreme Ultimate (''taiji''), which generates the Two Modes (yin and yang); the Two Modes generate the Four Images; the Four Images generate the Eight Trigrams."<ref>Kohn, Livia. ''Introducing Daoism.'' London: Routledge, 2009. "Cosmos, Gods, and Governance"; Yao, Xinzhong. ''An Introduction to Confucianism.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. pp. 57–58.</ref> In the eleventh century the Neo-Confucian Zhou Dunyi opened his ''Taijitu shuo'' ("Explanation of the Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate") with the deliberately paradoxical formula ''wuji er taiji'' — "the Limitless, and yet the Supreme Ultimate" — signaling that [[Wuji]] and Taiji are not two things but the one ground viewed in stillness and in motion.<ref name="reninger" /> The internal martial art taijiquan takes its name from the same principle: combat conducted through the balanced, continuous interchange of yielding and asserting — yin and yang in motion.

			=== Lightning Path Contextualization ===

			* '''Emanation.''' Taiji names the threshold moment of emanation: the undifferentiated field ([[Undifferentiated Consciousness]], [[Wuji]]) beginning to differentiate — [[Force]] and [[Formation]] (yang and yin) arising as the two complementary modes of a single Consciousness.
			* '''Unity in duality.''' Because yin and yang arise ''within'' Taiji and never outside it, differentiation never becomes dualism. The poles are phases of one movement — [[Force]] and [[Formation]] in LP terms — and each carries the seed of the other, the insight the [[Taijitu]] makes visible.

			=== Cautions and Distortions ===

			* '''Taiji is not a creator.''' The "generation" of the Two Modes is spontaneous self-differentiation, not the act of a person or deity. No will, plan, or command is involved.
			* '''Not creation from nothing.''' Taiji does not mark an absolute beginning ex nihilo; it marks the first stir ''within'' a ground (Wuji) that is never absent.
			* '''The term is not the martial art.''' Taijiquan embodies the principle; the cosmological term is older and broader.

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	<blockquote class="definition">'''Taiji''' (literally "great pole") is the Taoist term for the basic process of [[Creation]] which occurs as [[Consciousness]] enters [[Consciousness]] and begins the process of forming [[Physical Creation]] ~~(Sharp, unpublished)~~. The symbol represents the balanced application (in [[Consciousness]]) of [[Yin and Yang]] ([[Force and Formation]] in [[Lightning Path]] terms) used to create [[Physical Matter]].		<blockquote class="definition">'''Taiji''' (literally "great pole") is the Taoist term for the basic process of [[Creation]] which occurs as [[Consciousness]] enters [[Consciousness]] and begins the process of forming [[Physical Creation]]. The symbol represents the balanced application (in [[Consciousness]]) of [[Yin and Yang]] ([[Force and Formation]] in [[Lightning Path]] terms) used to create [[Physical Matter]].
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			<blockquote class="definition">'''Taiji''' (literally "great pole") is the Taoist term for the basic process of [[Creation]] which occurs as [[Consciousness]] enters [[Consciousness]] and begins the process of forming [[Physical Creation]] (Sharp, unpublished). The symbol represents the balanced application (in [[Consciousness]]) of [[Yin and Yang]] ([[Force and Formation]] in [[Lightning Path]] terms) used to create [[Physical Matter]].
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	'''Taiji''' (literally "great pole") is the Taoist term for the basic process of [[Creation]] which occurs as [[Consciousness]] enters [[Consciousness]] and begins the process of forming [[Physical Creation]] (Sharp, unpublished). The symbol represents the balanced application (in [[Consciousness]]) of [[Yin and Yang]] ([[Force and Formation]] in [[Lightning Path]] terms) used to create [[Physical Matter]].		<blockquote class="quotation">'''Taiji''' (literally "great pole") is the Taoist term for the basic process of [[Creation]] which occurs as [[Consciousness]] enters [[Consciousness]] and begins the process of forming [[Physical Creation]] (Sharp, unpublished). The symbol represents the balanced application (in [[Consciousness]]) of [[Yin and Yang]] ([[Force and Formation]] in [[Lightning Path]] terms) used to create [[Physical Matter]].
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	~~For a visual representation of Taiji see the universally recognized~~ [[~~Taijitu~~]] ~~symbol.~~		==Syncretic Terms==

			[[Emanating Consciousness]] > {{#ask:[[Is a syncretic term::Emanating Consciousness]]}}

			==Related Terms==

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Mike Sosteric at 21:34, 15 January 2015

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'''Taiji''' (literally "great pole") is the Taoist term for the basic process of [[Creation]] which occurs as [[Consciousness]] enters [[Consciousness]] and begins the process of forming [[Physical Creation]] (Sharp, unpublished). The symbol represents the balanced application (in [[Consciousness]]) of [[Yin and Yang]] ([[Force and Formation]] in [[Lightning Path]] terms) used to create [[Physical Matter]].

For a visual representation of Taiji see the universally recognized [[Taijitu]] symbol.

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