7 - Polarity Function in Man & the Universe

"Health is the proper relationship between the microcosm, which is man, and the macrocosm, which is the universe. Disease is a disruption of this relationship."
-Dr. Yeshi Donden [Dhonden], physician to the Dalai Lama

All matter, emotions, mind substance and energies move by the three modalities of 0 (neuter [neutral]), + (positive) and - (negative) polarity. These were called the three gunas, or the three mountains or prominences in the mind region of Trikuti: Mount Meru [Mahameru] or Maru in the center, Sumeru [Sineru] on one side and Kailash [Kailas] on the other.^* This is the cosmic picture of energy modality, demonstrated by the orbits of planets around a central sun.

The microcosmic picture we find in the atom and in the cell: A nucleus or neutron in the center, which is the Satguna [sattva guna, sattwa guna] type energy; the Rajaguna [rajas guna] energy, which is a positive centrifugal energy of heat and expansion, flying upward and to the right, repelling in its red fiery nature of the sun; the Tamas energy, called the moon energy, which is a negative centripetal energy of moisture (like a precipitate of the positive pole), settling downward and to the left. (Tamas is the attractive power of the negative pole of energy emanation, the moon-type energy of cooling, green rays - the feminine precipitating, centralizing, toning and quieting principle, the nest-building instinct in all living things, which becomes resistant to change.)

* These are all symbols derived from Hindu cosmology.