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"The energy of separation(Yang) includes a capacity to rest in one’s existential aloneness, to have boundaries, to assert needs, to resist influence from the environment, and to maintain a familiar structure over time. A simple summary of this separate quality is “integrity.”"

"But of course, there are neurotic aspects to the separate style, as well. These may include a disconnection from others, a lack of empathy, the repression of feelings we don’t want to feel, insensitivity, and a sense of isolation and deadness."

"At the extreme end, we could say that the expression of neurotic masculine energy is that of the perpetrator. “I don’t need you, so it doesn’t really matter how I treat you.”"

"The energy of connection(Yin), on the other hand, includes the awareness that we’re all interdependent. It’s characterized by the qualities of empathy, accommodation, support, a willingness to welcome influence from our environment, and continual change."

"This sense of connection and immediacy can be talked about as the experience of “aliveness.” We feel the freshness of relating to “other.”"