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Chinese medicine, the Earth and the Center

25 August 2008 Learning

When talking about the five elements, particularly as applied to the organ systems of Chinese medicine, it’s easy to find an angle from which to proclaim the supremacy of any of the elements.  Fire gets four organs, for instance, one of those being the Emperor – surely it’s the most important.  Water, on the other [...]

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Chinese medicine and the senses : Part I : Scent

18 August 2008 Organ systems

As I have been contemplating this new project that Abdallah and I have begun, I’ve found myself stymied at times.  The aim of the project is clear, but the methodology is less so.  Simply,  everything that we’ve said in our introductory posts makes a ton of sense on a variety of levels, but when it [...]

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It drops deep as it does in my breath

12 August 2008 Cultivation

I am in a state of heightened awareness as I sit down to write this post.
My breathing is deep and slow, without my direction.  My posture is erect as possible but without strain.  My vision is open and yet acute.  I feel the air coming in to the edges of my nostrils.  I feel it [...]

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