Creating Change with TCM
To change is to create.
To succeed in an act of creation,
we must understand three things:
where we are,
where we want to go,
and how to navigate the currents in between.
The nature of the universe is change
Every quantum particle, cell, and being in the Universe is in a state of constant change. From astrophysicists to philosophers to microbiologists, change is acknowledged across disciplines as a fundamental, immutable aspect of existence.
The inevitability of continual change inspires us to become masters of our experience, creating intentional heart-driven change.
To create is fundamental human nature. We are a species of powerful, inventive, gifted creators. We have a capacity for vision unique on this planet: we can both see how things are and dream of how they might be. From these imaginings came the cornerstone of every civilization, great work, and accomplished dream, however big or small.
Creation – authentic creation – means immersing our intentions into the river of perpetual Universal change and riding the current toward our vision.
The change you seek is relief from imbalance
Classical Chinese Medicine views the mind, body, and emotions as an integrated whole. While Western medicine refers to disease only in the context of physical health, TCM understands it to encompasses all lack of wellness. There is no boundary between physical ailments and emotional unhappiness. They are interconnected, and they result from imbalance.
The Huang Di Nei Jing, the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, teaches us that all disease is rooted in the spirit. And when you let that sit for a minute, it may connect to a deep knowing that you already have.
You know there is a core that is you, and that hasn’t felt … right … in some time. That feeling may have started before you noticed physical symptoms, or it may have come after. Those symptoms may be illness, or simply exhaustion. But you know there is something off, something imbalanced, at the very center of your being.
There are goals you want to achieve that feel out of reach. There is suffering in your life that you are ready to leave behind.
You want to get unstuck and push through a threshold into a new state of being.
You want change.
And you want help creating it.
How classical chinese medicine can create change in your life
Disease, discomfort, sadness, pain, illness… these are rooted in the Shen, in your life curriculum, and reflect a state in the body-mind-spirit interactivity (Qi) that has come about in response to a unique combination of stimuli from three categories of factors.
external Factors
Something that comes from outside you to invade your system. May be viral, bacterial, fungal, parasitic, a type of external trauma (whether emotional or physical), climatic factor, or toxin.
internal Factors
Constitutional or genetic irregularities and deficiencies, emotional excesses/stagnations (Anger, Joy/Mania, Pensiveness/Rumination, Worry/Anxiety, Sadness/Grief, Fear, and Shock)
lifestyle factors
Typically arise from intemperate behaviors around diet, taxations and fatigue from mental or physical overexertion (like overworking, under sleeping, and so on), sexual intemperance, etc.
Each of us is in a perpetual state of constant interactivity between these factors. Everything is always changing.
Whether we feel well or unwell, each of us has a unique combination of these complex factors acting upon us at all times.
So what separates the disease state from the state of wellness?
Disease exists when we have a sufficient degree of suffering with regards to our present state within the continual process of change. That suffering is rooted in the Shen.
The change you wish to create — for your life, spirit, body, profession, relationships — is unique to you.
Yet it is also rooted in the common desire to alleviate suffering.
You want to feel vibrantly whole, to be peacefully grounded and present within yourself, and to live a joyful and successful life.
The factors above, in a matrix of constant change and interactivity, have led you to your present state. Adjusting these factors and partnering with the body and Shen in an effective way can, and will, help you to create the change you seek.
How do you find the most effective path to ride the currents of Universal change to the outcome you want?
You partner with someone who has navigated this river before and can show you the way.
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