Guest guest Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 Referring to ideas I read a couple of years ago in one of the first " Psychology of the Internet " type books. Namely, that people behave, in say, email exchanges, differently than they do otherwise, say in person, or in formal published forums. And, very often, this behavior change is in the direction of the " dark " side of the personality. Most here are probably familiar with the verb " to flame " , i.e. to react in an email message with, what we would call, upward flaring Liver Fire, to a previous message. An example or two could be cited in this forum over the couple of months. And numerous examples of less extreme forms, degrees of gan-qi-zhi/Liver Qi stagnation, of dampness/holding obstructed yi-obsession, hints of Kidney fear response to perceived threats, Heart qi agitation/impropriety, Lung-xu self-righteousness, etc. I could probably cite examples in my own messages. I'm just noting that being aware of this, and, for those of us interested along those lines, the psychological/'spiritual' dimensions of CM/TCM diagnostic patterning, can be an interesting side-effect of the discussions. Possibly an opportunity for self-cultivation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 --- < wrote: > I'm just noting that being aware of this, and, for > those of us interested > along those lines, the psychological/'spiritual' > dimensions of CM/TCM > diagnostic patterning, can be an interesting > side-effect of the > discussions. Possibly an opportunity for > self-cultivation. Hey Chris. I would expect and hope that everyone is doing this automatically, I think it helps tremendously with expressing and then releasing the emotion. A lot of my patients ask me how I can be so patient with them, and I woudl like to say to them, well, it's /only/ liver-fire, what's the big deal? ....but I'm afraid that I am devaluing them somehow if I do that. What does everyone think of the idea that emotions are not all that 'valid' in CM? Is there an ethic of placing less emphasis on the emotions since they are only unreliable and incessantly variable winds? Just a vague thought... Bye, Hugo _________ALL-NEW Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 This idea makes no sense to me at all. Emotions are one of the great keys to understanding our patients and their various patterns. The understanding of how emotions relate to physical health is one of the cornerstones of Chinese medicine. On Sep 28, 2004, at 7:51 AM, Hugo Ramiro wrote: > What does everyone think of the idea that emotions > are not all that 'valid' in CM? Is there an ethic of > placing less emphasis on the emotions since they are > only unreliable and incessantly variable winds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 --- <zrosenbe wrote: > This idea makes no sense to me at all. Emotions are > one of the great > keys to understanding our patients and their various > patterns. The > understanding of how emotions relate to physical > health is one of the > cornerstones of Chinese medicine. You're completely right, my fault. I'll try later to clarify my question. It involves something about whether or not we identify with our emotions or not. Thanks, ttyl Hugo _________ALL-NEW Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2004 Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 It's funny that we're talking about emotions. I always thought that us westerners were more in-touch with our emotions than the Chinese. But having spent some time in China, I realised that the opposite is true. Doctors in China ask the patient 'how are their emotions?', and the patient will readily give an honest answer, however in the west, well the UK at least, you ask them 'how are their emotions' and its almost an insult. 'Of course there normal', the patient tells, but often than not their emotions are all over the place. So actually I've found that westerners emotions are not balanced at all, whereas the Chinese are more open and honest about their emotions but they won't show them so readily as we do. Kind regards Attilio D'Alberto <http://www.attiliodalberto.com/> www.attiliodalberto.com [zrosenbe] 28 September 2004 22:30 Chinese Medicine Re: Internet infections This idea makes no sense to me at all. Emotions are one of the great keys to understanding our patients and their various patterns. The understanding of how emotions relate to physical health is one of the cornerstones of Chinese medicine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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