Episode 8 Pairs of Opposites - Qualities of Matter 1

Some people say there are two kinds of people in the world... those who say there are two kinds of people in the world and those who don't.  Well I am one of those categorizing people and Ayurveda seems to agree with me.  

A fundamental principle of Ayurvedic understanding of the world is often referred to as "pairs of opposites," though rather than being either/or it is more attuned to a spectrum from one extreme to the other.  Ayurveda identifies 10 potentials for matter and recognizes that matter in its natural state expresses these potentials.  It also recognizes that when we are in a balanced state, we can identify these qualities in ourselves. 

For example, all matter has a temperature that may range from cold to hot. It has a weight range from heavy to light, a moisture content from wet to dry, and a mobile aspect from stable/static to unstable/freely mobile.  

In this episode we explore four of these ten pairs of opposites in detail to gain an understanding of how the world can be better understood.