SHEN - SPIRIT MIND EMOTIONS

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SHEN - SPIRIT MIND EMOTIONS

The predominant model of the mind and/or spirit is mostly derived from the Five Element school of thought. The five aspects of the mind are Wood - Hun, Fire - Shen, Earth - Yi, Metal - Po, Water - Zhi. Collectively these comprise the Shen. This term includes the Fire Element Shen. Below are a very simplified definition of each aspect.

SHEN That which makes humans more than an object in motion.

Shen - MindWaking consciousness, waking thought, the Shen resides in the Heart

Hun - Ethereal soulSomewhat like western notion of spirit, resides in the Liver.

Po - Corporeal soul Soul of the body, provides physiology, resides in the Lungs

Yi - IntellectScholarly memory, resides in the Spleen

Zhi - WillUrge to exist, urge to do, willpower, resides inthe Kidneys.

Notice that the five aspects are distributed throughout the body. There is no distinction between mind and body; they’re one entity. The ethereal affects the substantial and the substantial affects the ethereal. They’re both Qi which is manifesting as one person.

It‘s interesting to note that this is contrary to the new-age notion that everything, especially illness, stems from the mind. If everything stemmed from the mind then Moving Liver Qi or Tonifying Kidney Yang would have no effect. The temptation to understand Oriental Medicine by fitting it into western models is strong. But reconciling eastern and western medicines is a vast ocean that is almost entirely uncharted.

http://www.chinesemedicinesampler.com/theoryshen.html

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I'd call that a good question, girl!! Not stoopid! ;-)

I would say that as far as energetics go .... no...same with the

gallbladder. I can't tell you about that adrenal gland.

BTW: I've been dx'd as Kidney, Yin, Yang and Essence (from gestational

stresses) deficient...cause of my FMS in TCM ...I have both my Kidneys.

Kit

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> > SHEN - SPIRIT MIND EMOTIONS

> > f.. Zhi - Will

> > Urge to exist, urge to do, willpower, resides in

> > the Kidneys.

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> I have a really 'stoopid' question!

> Would it make any difference if someone only had 1 kidney?

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> On a side note I am wondering if someone had a kidney removed

> back maybe 30 or 40 years ago, do they leave the adrenal gland in?

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> Gawd sorry for such weird q's!

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> Persian

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> " As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there

can be no

> peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice

cannot

> dwell together " - Isaac Bashevis Singer

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> " Atrocities are not less atrocities when they occur in laboratories

and are

> called medical research " - Bernard Shaw

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> 'The question is not, can they reason? Nor can they talk? But can

they suffer?

> Bentham.