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wardly-moving nature that characterizes td.i ydng. The ability of the bamboo frd
dH
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yting Level, classically described as 'between the outside and the insidel
lhnf,
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steamer are likened to the ydng minglevel that holds and warms while clos-
ing inward to interact with the yin levels below.
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yin opens outward not to the world at large, but to the 'outside of the in- nm@!ffi
sidel2In the steamer analogy, the tdi yln level can be likened to the steam G!fuffUT
coming up off the boiling water that mixes with ydng ming at the place lE!s!!f,
where the internal and external truly meet. This is where the yin material " ]fi'''i

of the water opens outward as steam. T.he shd.o yin level is analogous to the !*, mrmfi

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