THE
FUNDAMENTAL SUBSTANCES
The Ancients had a
way to understand our substantial Qualities,
They
called them fundamental: Blood, Fluids, Spirit, Jing and Chi.
All life has
movement, and a coherent way;
The energy of
integration is chi at play;
For chi is the
expression of light, sound and electricity;
Magnetism, mechanics,
hydraulics and all forms of energy;
The chi functions to
contain and help activation;
It wards off and
warms, and moves towards transformation.
Chi likes especially
to keep a healthy flow;
As it courses through
the meridians, and allows the organs to go.
The chi can be
stagnant, empty or full;
Over
exuberant, rebellious, a very useful tool.
Weakness, depression,
luck-luster fatigue,
Are signs of a weak
chi and low vitality.
The blood is the
nectar that’s pumped by the heart;
It nourishes the
organs right from the start.
When full and strong,
blood enlivens the brain;
Enriches the muscles
and tendons or else we feel drained.
The Blood can be
empty, toxic, congested or cold;
Stagnant,
exuberant, hot or too old.
For the blood does
like freshness, movement and
air;
It likes to be clean,
good foods, and care.
Pallor and dizziness,
low pressure and tired;
Are signs of a weak
blood longs to be inspired.
Chi is the father
that pumps blood through it’s course;
Blood is the mother
nourishes chi’s force.
The fluids keep us
bathed in protection;
Lubricating,
moistening and making secretions.
Saliva, tears, sperm
and enzymes,
Sebum,
sweat, mucus and chyme.
These are a few of
the fluids we make;
And so many others where
liquid partakes.
Even our joints need
liquid to work,
Or else there is
friction where dryness does lurk.
For fluid can run dry
and set a flame;
Or cause things to swell up, when edema’s
to blame.
Fluid is reflection
of the state of our Yin,
and
can get murky where the Yang hasn’t been.
If we run dry the Yin
must be nourished,
If we get stagnant,
allow the Yang to flourish.
At the seat of our
Consciousness, clear and bright;
Lies
the Spirit, giving us sight.
The Spirit Animates us to sorrow or joy;
It even motivates us
with the body in it’s ploy.
A good strong clear spirit, drives us
straight down our path;
While
the weak and decrepit, is depressed or in wrath.
A Spirit in balance
is happy and upright,
A Spirit unsettled is
unfocused and uptight.
At the core of our
being is the essence called Jing;
It’s the source of
development, and our aging.
Some Jing is acquired
through food, love and the air;
Other is inherited,
by ancestral care.
If Jing is strong, we
can live a long life;
But if it is weak or
drained, it shortens our plight.
A strong Jing means
coherence and longevity,
A body put together
well with vitality.
A weak Jing can drain
us or cause malformation;
Retardation,
disease and deformation.
As we age we begin to
sag,
our
hair turns gray and our libido may lag.
This is because Jing
is spent on our youth,
A wise one will guard
Jing as much as the Truth.
For Jing kept
protected will lengthen our life,
While Jing that is
wasted will lead one to strife.
While living remember these life’s greatest
treasures:
the
Fundamental Substances which allow life’s true pleasures.