what does this stand for?

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bk40

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This is pistolsmith Mark Morris' logo. I have seen variations of the same symbol and am curious as to what it stands for/means.

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Anyone know?



[This message has been edited by bk40 (edited March 07, 2000).]
 
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[This message has been edited by Gorthaur (edited March 07, 2000).]
 
I've been having the same problem both here and at AR15.com. You type everything in correctly, click 'Submit Reply', and shazam! Your code is all messed up. I thought I was going nuts or something was wrong w/ my 'puter. Kinda glad I'm not the only one having the problem.
 
The symbol is called yin and yang. It is base on the eastern philosophy that there is are two opposite forces continuously working against each other.

...I think
 
It is a Ying-Yang. Not exactly sure what it means, something like good/evil, how everything travels in cicrles(life, death) something like that though. Look it up on the net.

Cyric13
 
http://www.easternreligions.com/indexframe.html

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Another Feature of Taoism is its notion of the relativity of all values and, as its correlative, the identity of opposites. Here Taoism tied in with the traditional Chinese yin/yang symbol, which is pictured thus:

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This polarity sums up all of life's basic opposites: good/evil, active/passive, positive/negative, light/dark, summer/winter, male/female. But though the halves are in tension, they are not flatly opposed; they complement and balance each other. Each invades the other's hemisphere and takes up its abode in the deepest recess of its partner's domain. And in the end both find themselves resolved by the circle that surrounds them, the Tao in its eternal wholeness. In the context of that wholeness, the opposites appear as no more than phases in an endless cycling process, for each turns incessantly into its opposite, exchanging places with it. Life does not move onward and upward towards a fixed pinnacle or pole. It bends back upon itself to come, full circle, to the realization that all is one and all is well.
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Yin-Yang....
Balance.....life/death.....war/peace.....male/female....balance

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within the darkest night, there is a guiding star,
in the heat of the noon sun, there is a sanctuary of shadow

dZ
 
jcoyoung and DC have it right. It's about harmony. For example, Mind and body as one is the ultimate harmony of the two.

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Sensop

"Get your mind right and the body will follow." - Shino Takazawa, sinsei, hachi dan, Keishinkan do.

[This message has been edited by sensop (edited March 08, 2000).]
 
sensop:
Thank you! The first thing that I thought of when I saw this thread was the Korean flag.
But then, I lived in Korea for 9 years. ;)

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