The Tao and the five movements of Chi
The purpose of the man who lives in union with the Tao is to feel and care for the touch of vital energy that enlightens him. Nature is a fine and detailed expression of the richness of Tao, but man, fused in the ecstasy of meditation, simply experiences the blissful peace of his eternity.
The perfect crystal of the Tao encompasses all of existence in a single tear. Although man can remain in an imperishable ecstasy of that tireless and ever-nascent feeling, the Tao must flow to be eternally. In a subtle balance between yin and yang, the world flows from the depths of eternity, roaring in the heavens and the beings to come. Everything is born from the Tao and its beauty is captured in five moments that are relevant to Chinese medicine.
The seed retains its vital potential even in winter, and awaits the arrival of spring in the kidneys, to wake up with the light and warmth of the skies. The liver expands with enthusiasm before the charm of dawn. The intensity of summer makes us celebrate and laugh, fills our hearts with joy, delivers the best and then falls into the reflective seclusion of the heatwave. Full of wisdom we reach our adulthood, when life tempers us with the color of the years and the experience of memory. Our lungs breathe deep and slow, feeling the subtlety of the Chi touch. Sleep and deep cold numbs us in the ecstasy of Oneness.
In terms of materia medica: A flame that is extinguished during the cold of the night, makes the awakening painful and slow. Without impulse or temperature, we will need a lot of external heat to make our hearts beat strongly and keep our bodies flexible. Only if we are full of Chi, can we smile in the morning and wake up with the inspiration that makes the birds sing; to push ourselves through the peak of the day as we reflect on how to be better.
By enclosing the world by enclosing the freedom of the Tao that flows within us, we block a liver that always needs to expand with spring. His strength, origin of beauty everywhere, becomes a hurting pressure. The passion of the day is a fire that consumes us and makes us more desperate, turning reflection and ingenious creation into obsession and mania. With no room left for deep breaths of beautiful nostalgia, the nights will burn. Man, who is born out of the blissful eternity that he has always been, and who was provided with the instinct to endure while taking care of her, is consumed in the flames of a frustrated self in a state of resistance.
We can notice, in these last two paragraphs, two examples of harmony and imbalance in the five movements of the Unity during the life of a human being.
