August 2005 Journal - Zen Readings: Beware of

"Human beings have three treasures:
Vitality, Essence, and Spirit.
In old age, beware of exhausting vitality;
when vitality is exhausted, you die.
In old age, beware of leaking essence;
if energy is drained, you die.
In old age, beware of
dissociation of the spirit;
if the spirit is gone, you die. " — August 2005 Journal - Zen Readings

Commentary:

This is the variant of the Three Treasures known as Qi-Jing-Shen (Vitality, Essence and Spirit).

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), exhausting Vitality, leaking Essence, and dissociation of Spirit may lead to spiritual death; if not physical death.

Qi is Vitality, which is life-force energy, and refers to movement of breathing, movement of blood through the body's arteries and veins, movement of the functioning of various organs, movement of limbs, and related movement. Qi is the anima/animus dressed in Taoist symbolism, and is like a candle's flame.

Jing is Essence, which is also known as life energy, and refers to densely-vibrating energy which closely associated with our physical bodies. The Buddhist precept about being discreet about sexuality activity is associated with caution by TCM practitioners to not engage in excessive sexual activity. Jing is like the wax and wick of the candle.

Shen is Spirit, which is also known as the True Mind, the mind that transcends the body. It represents loving-kindness, compassion, and enlightened power, for Shen symbolizes a heart filled with wisdom, forgiveness and generosity, through mindful practice, be it meditation, or helping other sentient beings. Shen is the radiance given off by the candle flame.

To summarize, Jing is the wax and wick of a candle, Qi is the candle flame and Shen is the clear light given off by the candle flame.

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Original post: August 17, 2005 2245H
Update posted: March 11, 2013 1247H

References:


Energy is also known as essence.
References:
Heaven and Earth: http://www.dailyzen.com/zen/zen_reading0508.asp
Chinese Three Treasures: http://taoism.about.com/od/internalalchemy/a/three_treasures.htm
Three Treasures: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Treasures_%28traditional_Chinese_medicine%29

Why America Invaded Iraq

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Lobby#Governmental_influence

Various scandals involving prominent politicians have drawn attention to the close links between the Energy Lobby and the U.S. government, particularly the influence wielded by the Energy Lobby in the Bush administration. In June 2005, documents emerged that revealed that the Bush administration had consulted Exxon regarding its stance on the Kyoto protocol. According to The Guardian "In briefing papers given before meetings to the US under-secretary of state, Paula Dobriansky, between 2001 and 2004, the administration is found thanking Exxon executives for the company's 'active involvement' in helping to determine climate change policy, and also seeking its advice on what climate change policies the company might find acceptable."

In November 2005, documents revealed that Vice President Dick Cheney's Energy Task Force met with executives from large oil companies, although chief executives of those companies denied involvement before the Senate Energy and Commerce committees. Environmentalists were not allowed access to the Energy Task Force’s activities, which was responsible for developing a national energy policy.

Oil companies also participated with Cheney's task force in a discussion of Iraqi oilfields, refineries and other energy infrastructure, and two charts detailing Iraqi oil and gas projects, and "Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfield Contracts." The documents are dated two years before the Invasion of Iraq.

The invasion of Iraq circa AD 2003 had to do with making oil and water a commodity to be bought and sold, mainly to profit Big Business.

Indeed, there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. There were no Iraqis who participated in or endorsed 9-11. All there was was the inaction of good men so that they may later profit from the sacrifice of over 3,000 lives, and countless lives more.

Not surprisingly, the newsmedia only quietly mentioned the energy lobby's role in the War on Terrorism, and focused on the war and the world after 9-11.

For the War on Terrorism was and is a marketable commodity in the world of news and Big Business.

How EFT works

EFT is based on a new discovery that has provided thousands with relief from pain, diseases and emotional issues. Simply stated, it is an emotional version of acupuncture except needles aren't necessary. Instead, you stimulate well established energy meridian points on your body by tapping on them with your fingertips. The process is easy to memorize and is portable so you can do it anywhere. It launches off the EFT Discovery Statement which says...
'The cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body's energy system.'
And because our physical pains and diseases are so obviously connected with our emotions the following statement has also proven to be true...
'Our unresolved negative emotions are major contributors to most physical pains and diseases.'
This common sense approach draws its power from (1) time-honored Eastern discoveries that have been around for over 5,000 years and (2) Albert Einstein, who told us back in the 1920's that everything (including our bodies) is composed of energy. These ideas have been largely ignored by Western Healing Practices and that is why EFT often works where nothing else will. As you will clearly see, conventional healing methods have overlooked the obvious.

This technique uses acupressure and is based on the premise that most medical complaints have an origin in impairment of energy flow of Qi.

While Qi is not detectable by physical methods used for electromagnetic testing, the techniques Gary Craig devised do work.

Regardless of whether this is placebo or real, EFT does work.

Reference:
http://www.eftuniverse.com/