Posted by Hombre on July 30, 2010, at 19:52:56
"The five sentiments are the following: vigor (nu), associated with the wood organ, liver; ecstasy (xi), associated with the fire organ heart; contemplation (si), associated with the earth organ, spleen; nostalgia (bei), associated with the metal organ, lung; and awe (kong), associated with the water organ, kidney. They are part of the physiological movement of the human
heart, since vigor causes the qi to rise, ecstasy causes the qi to open up, nostalgia causes the qi to dissipate, awe causes the qi to descend, and contemplation causes the qi to congeal.23Like every universal attribute associated with the number five, it is important to point out that all of the five sentiments are inherently positive, contributing to the process of upward movement on the human path of evolution. They are said to cause imbalance only when thrown off their proper course by selfish attachments that can subsequently lead to a state of excess, deficiency, or stagnation. Xu Dachun comments: If the five sentiments are indulged in beyond measure, then fire pathologies develop and cause disease.24 In this case, vigor turns into anger, ecstasy into hysteria, contemplation into worry, nostalgia into grief, and awe into fear. Like all ancient symbol creation, the genius of Chinese character composition ensures that both of these aspects of interpretation, the enlightening yang side as well as the dark yin side, are contained in the original names of the five sentiments."
Heiner Fruehauf
http://www.classicalchinesemedicine.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/emotions_Fruehauf.pdf
http://www.classicalchinesemedicine.org/pubvideo/wang_transmission.mp4
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