As St. Paul indicated, by investigating characteristics that are universally present in the diverse things of creation, we can come to know the nature of God: God is the First Cause of the entire universe and its subject partner, having the harmonious dual characteristics of original internal nature and original external form. We have already mentioned that entities require for their existence the reciprocal relationship between the dual characteristics of yang and yin. It is only natural to surmise that God, the First Cause of all things, also exists based on the reciprocal relationship between His dual characteristics of yang and yin.
The verse “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them” (Gen. 1:27) supports the idea that God, as the subject partner, has dual characteristics of yang and yin in perfect harmony. What is the relationship between the dual characteristics of internal nature and external form and the dual characteristics of yang and yin? God’s original internal nature and original external form each contain the mutual relationship of original yang and original yin. Therefore, original yang and original yin are attributes of original internal nature and original external form. The relationship between yang and yin is similar to that which exists between internal nature and external form. Yang and yin thus have the following mutual relationships: internal and external, cause and result, subject partner and object partner, vertical and horizontal.
For this reason, it is written in Genesis that God took a rib from the man, Adam, and created a woman, Eve, to be his helper (Gen. 2.22). In this case, the yang and yin of God were manifested in masculinity and femininity. |