macrobiotic principles
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Ohsawas Seven Stages Of Judgment Stages Learning Love Profession EatingandDrinking
1. Physical Instinctive or Instinctive, appetite, One who sells ones life Guided only by hunger or thirst
or Mechanical unconscious hunger (working slave, salariedreexes employee)
2. Sensorial Dance, gymnastics, Erotic, seeking physical Wholesaler of pleasure: Gourmand (greedy eater)conditioned comfort and sensual actor, merchant,reexes pleasure novelist, prostitute
3. Sentimental Literature Emotionally universal Wholesaler of emotions Gourmet (connoisseur)
4. Intellectual Science, arts Understanding, scientic, Wholesaler of knowledge Eating according to a theorysystematic, calculating and techniques of nutrition
5. Social Economy, Social Organizer Conformistlike everyone
morality else
6. Ideological Philosophy, Spiritual Thinker, originator of Follows dietetic or religiousreligion, dialectics theories principle
7. Supreme, Self-realization, All-embracing Happy person, fullls all Eats and drinks anything with
Innite illumination, tao dreams throughout life great pleasuresatori
Excerpted and adapted from George OhsawasEssential Ohsawa by Carl Ferr; www.ohsawamacrobiotics.com.
Ohsawas Order of the Universe StagesofLife Orbit Beginningof AntagonismsandComplementaries
Innite Expansion 7. Innity, God The world that has no There is no specialization: all analytical, mechanical, and statisticalOneness beginning or end science is invalid in the innite world.
Inorganic World 6. Polarization The foundation of the The polarization of the Innite into yin (expansion) and yang
relative world (contraction)the origin of magnetism.
5. Vibration The production of energy Visible and invisible radiation, hot and cold rays, dynamic andand origin of electricity stimulating rays (yellow, orange, red) and static and calming rays
(green, blue, indigo, violet), infrared and ultra-violet radiation.
4. Pre-atomic Electrons, protons, and all Centrifugal and centripetal force, solid and gaseous.particles sub-atomic particles
3. Elements Atoms, stars, and millions Mountain and river, land and sea, air and earth, polar and tropicalof solar systems regions, hot and cold, day and night, surface and center of Earth.
Organic World 2. Vegetable Viruses, bacteria, and Grass and tree, trunk and branch, branch and leaf, ower and seed
all plants (or fruit), cell and organ, germ and soma cells.
1. Animal All animals, including White and red corpuscles, bone and esh, man and woman,human beings governors and governed, worker and capitalist, work and rest, love
and hate, war and peace, sickness and health, life and death.
Excerpted and adapted from George OhsawasEssential Ohsawa by Carl Ferr; www.ohsawamacrobiotics.com.
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The Twelve Theorems ofthe Unique Principle
1. Yin-Yang are two poles which enter into
play when the innite expansion mani-fests itself at the point of bifurcation.
2. Yin-Yang are produced continually by the
transcendental expansion.
3. Yin is centrifugal. Yang is centripetal. Yin
and Yang produce energy.
4. Yin attracts Yang. Yang attracts Yin.
5. Yin and Yang combined in variable pro-
portion produce all phenomena.
6. All phenomena are ephemeral, being of
innitely complex constitutions and con-
stantly changing Yin and Yang compo-
nents. Everything is without rest.
7. Nothing is totally Yin or totally Yang,
even in the most apparently simple phe-
nomenon. Everything contains a polarity
at every stage of its composition.
8. Nothing is neutral. Yin or Yang is in
excess in every case.
9. The force of attraction is proportional
to the difference of the Yin and Yang
components.
10. Yin repels Yin and Yang repels Yang. The
repulsion is inversely proportional to the
difference of the Yin and Yang forces.
11. With time and space, Yin produces Yang,
and Yang produces Yin.
12. Every physical body is Yang at its centerand Yin toward surface.
Thetwelvetheoremsoftheuniqueprinciple
fromthe1962FrencheditionofThe Atomic
Era and the Philosophy of the Far Eastastrans-
latedbyMichaelandMariaChen.
The Seven Laws of theOrder of the Universe
1. What has a beginning has an end.
2. What has a front has a back.
3. There is nothing identical.
4. The bigger the front, the bigger
the back.
5. Every antagonism is complemen-
tary.
6. Yin and Yang are the classica-
tions of all polarization. They are
antagonistic and complementary.
7. Yin and Yang are the two arms of
One (Innite).
Thesevenlawsoftheorderoftheuniverse
fromthe1962FrencheditionofThe Atomic
Era and the Philosophy of the Far Eastas
translatedbyMichaelandMariaChen.
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Ohsawas SevenConditions of Health
1.NoFatigue: Fatigue is the real foundation of all
diseases. You can cure it without any medicine
if you understand and practice the macrobiotic
way to longevity and rejuvenation.
2.GoodAppetite: A good appetite for food and
sex is health itself. Eating the simplest food
with joy, pleasure, and deep gratitude to God the
Creator indicates a good appetite.
3.DeepandGoodSleep:If you cannot fall asleep
within three or four minutes after putting your
head on the pillow, under any circumstance, at
any time, your mind is not free from some fear.
4.GoodMemory:Memory is the single most
important factor in our lives, the foundation
of our personality, the com-pass of our being.
Without a strong memory...we are nothing but
machines.
5.GoodHumor: A man of good health is free
from anger, fear, or suffering and is cheerful
and pleasant under all circumstances. The more
difculties and enemies he has, the more happy,
brave, and enthusiastic he becomes.
6.ClarityinThinkingandDoing:Promptness
is the expression of freedom. Those who are
prompt, quick, precise, and ready to answer any
challenge or necessity are healthy... and have ...
the ability to establish order everywhere.
7.TheMoodofJustice:The mood of justice is
revealed by your tendency to live in accordance
with the natural Order of the Universe, by your
inclination to recognize yin and yang in every
phenomenon
QuotationsfromEssential Ohsawa byGeorge
Ohsawa; www.ohsawamacrobiotics.com .
Ohsawas SevenStages of Sickness
1.Fatigue: caused by a disorderly life (undisci-
plined, mean, ungrateful) or a chaotic family
or parents. The root of the disease tree is a
disordered, weak, and ungrateful life...
2.Painandsuffering: caused by low judgment
(capricious, sensorial, sentimental, conceptual,
exclusive) and psychosomatic illness. The
trunk of disease tree represents low judging
ability.
3.Chronicsymptoms:caused by an excess of yin
or yang in food (through love or hate of certain
foods), leading to headache, painful chest, diar-
rhea, vomiting, ulcer, trachoma, leukemia (all
skin and blood diseases).
4.Sympatheticotonicorvagotonicdisorders:
The sickness has ascended to the automonic
nervous system. These disorders and chronic
symptoms are the branches of the disease.
5.Organdisorders: Functional and structural
change in the organs themselves. These are the
owers of the disease.
6.Psychologicaloremotionalproblems: schizo-
phrenia, neurasthenia, hysteria, cardiac dilation,
etc.
7.Spiritualdisease: This aficts those of such
good physical constitution that they bypass the
rst six stages. They suffer unconsciously from
their arrogance and intolerance, and despite the
appearance of success are without faith, hope,
joy, or love, and their lives always end tragi-
cally. The fruits of the disease are stages 6 and
7.
AdaptedfromEssential Ohsawa byGeorge
Ohsawa; www.ohsawamacrobiotics.com .
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Macrobiotic Yin-Yang Classi-cations of Opposites
more yang more yin
contractive expansive
inward outward
re water hot cold
heaviness lightness
inner outer
active passive
drier wetter
summer winter
day night
brighter darker
descending ascending
time space
Yin and Yang of the Body
Physical condition
more yang more yin
strongpulse weakpulse
redface,pinkface yellowface,paleface
drier(lesswatery) (lessdry)wetter
smaller,shorter bigger,taller
heavier,harder,stronger lighter,softer,weaker
Emotional condition
more yang more yin
laughing,overjoyous sadness,crying
anger,complaining worry,whining
overcondence,arrogance inferiority,doubtorfear
stubborn,screaming complacency,silence
Psychological condition more yang more yin
extrovert,aggressive passive,introvert
optimist,positivethinker negativethinker,pessimist
focused spaciness
talker listener
Mental condition
more yang more yin
specicthinker universalthinker
dealingwiththepast dealingwiththefuture
materialistic spiritual
Activity
more yang more yin physical,social mental,emotional
jogging,dancing meditative,sleeping
disco,rockandrollmusic blues,religiousmusic
talking writing
Yinandyang havemeaningonly when used todescribeand
comparethings.Weneedbothyinandyangtoenjoyahappy
andhealthylife.Excerptedandadapted fromPocket Guide to
MacrobioticsbyCarlFerr;www.ohsawamacrobiotics.com.
Macrobiotic Yin-Yang Classi-cations of Food Categories
more yang more yin
seasalt sweeteners
soysauce beverages
miso dairy eggs oil
redmeat fruit
poultry nuts
saltedcheese seeds
sh beans
wholegrains seavegetables
renedgrains vegetables
less yang less yin
Yin and Yang Qualities of Food
Composition
more yang more yin
richinsodium richinpotassium
moredry(lesswatery) morewatery(lessdry)
highincomplexcarbs highinfat
Color and taste
more yang more yin
red,brown,orange,yellow white,green,blue,violet
darkershadesofcolor lightershadesofcolor
bitter,salty sweet,sour,spicy
Growth
more yang more yin
moredownwardorinward moreupwardoroutward
force force
verticalbelowground verticalaboveground
horizontalaboveground horizontalbelowground slowergrowth fastergrowth
Season and climate in the Northern Hemisphere
more yang more yin
grownmoreinwinter grownmoreinsummer
grownincolderclimates growninwarmerclimates
(growsbiggerormore (growsbiggerormore
abundantlyintheNorth) abundantlyintheSouth)
Manner of production or processing
more yang more yin
organicallygrown grownwithchemical
fertilizers
needslongercookingt ime needsshortercookingtime wholefood renedfood
Size, weight, and hardness
more yang more yin
smaller,shorter bigger,taller
heavier,harder lighter,softer
Allmacrobioticfoodchartsareusefulasgeneralguidelines.Ide-ally,individualswouldcreatetheirowncharts.
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Seven Life Principlesof Ohsawa
ActivitySimply stated, transmutation occurs
whenoneelementischangedintoanother...Intheprocess of biochemical transmutation, the most
essential ingredient is activity, the by-products of
whichareoxygenandheat.
Biological transmutationsThe process of
transmutation goes onwhenever there is life, no
matterwhatsortofdietwefollow.Byunderstand-
ing how itworks, wecan trulybethe creatorsof
ourselvesandourexistence.
Vivere parvoLivebytheprincipleofviverepar-
vo,whichmeans:bedetachedfromallthatisnotabsolutelyandimmediatelynecessary.
Quantity kills quantityEat and drinkonly the
absolute minimum, remembering that quantity
changesqualityandthatindividualneedsaredif-
ferent.
Individual responsibilityThedrivetocureonly
symptomsortohavecontrolofoneshealthwithout
acceptingresponsibilityiscomparabletothenotion
onthepartofanindividualthathecanstepinfront
ofamovingtrainandnotbestruckdown.
Mea culpaManyamanwishestobecuredby
othersorbysomemechanicaldevice,allthewhile
bypassing his own involvement and personal re-
sponsibility,thecauseofhisdisease:meaculpa...
myfault.Therecanbenocureunlesswerecognize
ourownfaults,ourownignorance,andaboveall,
theOrderof theUniversethe key toourhealth,
freedom,andjustice.
HappinessEveryoneisbornhappy.Ifanindivid-
ualdoesnotcontinuetobehappy,itishisownfault;throughignorance,hehasviolatedtheOrderofthe
Universethroughimpropereatinganddrinking.
Quotations excerpted and adapted from George
Ohsawas Essential Ohsawa byCarlFerr;www.
ohsawamacrobiotics.com.
Seven Natural Principlesof Ohsawa
Natural originSincemanisanaturalproductof
anaturalenvironment,hemustliveasclosetona-tureaspossible;tobehealthyandhappyhemust
eatnaturalfoods...thosethataretraditionallyeaten,
locallygrown,andseasonalinthatparticularloca-
tion.
AdaptabilityCivilizedmanhaslosthisdynamic
adaptability,hiskeytoinfinitefreedom.Hehasun-
knowinglyreplaceditwiththefiniteandconditional
libertythatisalsoknownassensorysatisfaction.
Natural medicineAll disease, unhappiness,
crime,andpunishmentresultfrombehaviorthatvi-olatestheOrderoftheUniverse.Thecureis,there-
fore,infinitelysimple.Merelystopviolatingthator-
derandallowNaturetodohermiraculouswork.
Principal foodOnlywholegrainsaremeantto
beusedasprincipalfoods...theyformthefounda-
tionofamacrobioticwayofeatingbecausetheyare
acombinationofbothseedandfruit,areabundant
ontheEarth,andareamosteconomical,ecologi-
cal,andnutritiousfood.
Natural therapyMytherapyisverysimple:Nat-uralfood,nomedicine,no surgery, no inactivity...
avoidanimalproteinasmuchaspossible,andcom-
pletelyavoidrenedsugar.
Natural immunityImmunity is a characteris-
ticofhealth...andwhat ishealth? Itis thenormal
conditionofalllivingbeings.Andwhatislife?...Itis
thematerializationofthe invisibleinnite...andthe
lengthyreturntripthroughdematerializationtoward
eternalspiritualization.
Shin do fu jiTheworldoflifeisgovernedbythelawofGod:Shindofuji,meaningthebodyandthe
landarenottwo(separatedordivided).
Quotations excerpted and adapted from George
OhsawasEssential Ohsawa byCarlFerr;www.
ohsawamacrobiotics.com.
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Seven Spiritual Principlesof Ohsawa
HumilityEverything changes in business, poli-
tics,science,marriage,inalloflifethereisalwaysanewwinner...Themanofhumility,hewhohasno
fearofbeinglast,therefore,knowsacontentment
thatistheessenceofhappiness.
ThankfulnessYouwillbefreedfromdebtifyou
distributeinnitejoyfulnessandthankfulnesstoev-
eryone you meet throughout your life...TheEarth
givesbacktenthousandgrainsinreturnforeach
grainshe has received. Onegrain, ten thousand
grainsisthebiologicallawofthisworld.
FreedomThe one who is able to love all hemeets, who can establish justice where he nds
himself,andisalwayslovedbytheonesheknows,
isreallyafreeman,heishappyandhonest.
WisdomBynature,wepossessacloudlesswis-
dom,giventhatwearebornofthatinnite,absolute
world,whichisofGod.WeareallchildrenofGod
andcitizensofaninnite,absoluteworld.Forgetting
thistruthisthecloudthatcausesustobesick.
PeaceOnlythosewhoseethatthetwosidesof
allphenomena,visibleandinvisible,arefrontandbackorbeginningandendofonerealitycanem-
brace any antagonistic situation, see its comple-
mentarity,andhelpotherstodothesame,thereby
establishingpeaceandharmony.
JusticeAbsolutejusticeistheimpartiallawthat
appliestoallthatexists.ItistheOrderoftheUni-
verse, which creates, animates, and transmutes
everything...Absolutejusticeisabsolutelyimpartial,
andhewhoknowsthisisalsoimpartial.
LoveToloveistogiveandnottotakeinreturn.Thegive-and-takesystemisamereegoism,forto
giveandgivemoreistobecomeacreator...togive,
give,give isto deposit inthe unlimited bank,the
BankofInnity.
Quotations excerpted and adapted from George
OhsawasEssential OhsawabyCarlFerr.
Seven Conceptual Principlesof Ohsawa
AdaptabilityIcannotover-emphasizethepoint
thatmacrobioticliving isnot rigidadherence toasetofrules.Themaintenanceofahealthybalance
inourdailylivesdemandsfromeachindividualan
adaptability and an awareness of the constantly
changinginuencesofmanyfactors.
NatureManinhissearchforpleasureandcom-
fortndsonlyweaknessand disease.To forsake
articialcivilizationandreturntonatureistondthe
macrobioticwayoflife.
No enemySinceweareheirstotheentireinfi-
niteuniverse(life,whichincludeslifeanddeath),weneedneverkillnotevenin self-defense. There
trulyisnoenemyanywhereintheinfiniteuniverse.
Primitive mentalityThe fundamental philoso-
phy of the non-civilized primitive peoples is very
simple:Accepteverythinggratefullyandwithoutthe
slightest protest...without such understanding, no
humanbeingcanattainawarenessofthetrueself
(oneness).
No exclusivityExclusivityisboththemostdif-
cultdiseaseintheworldtocureandtheoriginofallunhappiness.Onemustbecomethesortofperson
whocannotpossiblydislikeanyother humanbe-
ing.
GratitudeAccept everything with unlimited joy
andgratitude, evenif itbeextremelyhumiliating,
painful,orthecauseofgreatinconvenience...Main-
tainyourselfinsuchaconditionthatfrommorning
untileveningthewordsowingoutofyourmouth
reectinnitegratitude.
OnenessThemeaningofoneness[is]toexperi-encethefactthatthesoulisone,thatallthingsin
thisworldareindivisibledespitethefactthathuman
beingsareapparentlyseparate...Hereisthemean-
ingofunity...theunicationoftheentireworld.
Quotations excerpted and adapted from George
OhsawasEssential OhsawabyCarlFerr.