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Fundamental Textures of the Web

Delve into the fundamental textures of human existence through the exploration of Qi, Blood, Essence, Spirit, and Fluids. Understand how these elements are the building blocks of life and how they influence our well-being and vitality. Discover the origins, functions, and disharmonies associated with Qi, Blood, Essence, Spirit, and Fluids.

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Fundamental Textures of the Web

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  1. Fundamental Textures of the Web Qi, Blood, Essence, Spirit, and Fluids: The basic ingredients of human life

  2. Qi and Resonance • Qi is the thread connecting all being • Without Qi, there would be no Yin or Yang • Everything in the universe is composed and defined by its Qi. • Qi is the pulsation of the cosmos itself • Through resonance, one Qi invokes another • If Qi is the link, resonance is the method

  3. Origins of Qi Qi has three sources in a person’s life: Original (prenatal) Grain Natural Air “There is no place that does not have it, and no place it does not penetrate.” Functions of Qi Qi can be divided into many different specific types: within the body it has at least 5 different types. Qi is the source of all movement and it accompanies movement Qi protects the body Qi is the source of harmonious transformation Qi ensures stability and governs retention Qi warms the body Qi ( )

  4. Types of Qi • Organ Qi (zang-fu-zhi-qi) • Meridian Qi (jing-luo-zhi-qi) • Nutritive Qi (ying-qi) • Protective Qi (wei-qi) • Qi of the Chest or Ancestral Qi (zong-qi)

  5. Panda Bear

  6. Disharmonies of Qi • Deficient Qi (qi-xu) • Yin condition • Collapsed Qi (qi-xian) • Stagnant Qi (qi-zhi) • Yang condition (in relation to Deficient Qi) • Rebellious Qi (qi-ni)

  7. “Qi and Blood are the Yin and Yang of ordinary life activity.” Origins of Blood Relationships of Blood Disharmonies of Blood Blood (xue )

  8. Origins of Essence Prenatal Essence Postnatal Essence Functions of Essence “Essence is the quality or texture that imbues an organism with the possibility of development, from conception to death.” Essence (jing )

  9. Chairman Mao

  10. Spirit (shen ) The Five Spirits • Consciousness of Potentials, or Yi • Non-Corporeal Soul, or Hun • Will, or Zhi • Spirit, or Shen • Animal Soul, or Po

  11. Fluids (jin-ye ) Fluids are all bodily liquids other than Blood. Fluids are Yin substances. • Jin: Lighter and clearer fluids such as sweat, saliva, gastric juices and urine. • Ye: Fluids with a heavier, thicker nature.

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