Shen And Psychopathology

Question 1

Is the Shen pure yang, pure yin or a combination

Answer 1

Pure yang

Question 2

What is the most yin aspect of qi

Answer 2

Blood

Question 3

What is the yang aspect of blood

Answer 3

Qi

Question 4

………… holds the qi - …………. Moves the blood

Answer 4

Blood - qi

Question 5

What roots the Shen

Answer 5

Jing

Question 6

What allows the jing to express and transform itself?

Answer 6

Shen

Question 7

Where does the Shen reside

Answer 7

Heart

Question 8

Heart and Kidney connect Shen and

Answer 8

Jing

Question 9

Shen health also depends on what organ?

Answer 9

Kidney

Question 10

The Shen is calm when jing and what are balanced?

Answer 10

Qi

Question 11

Can emotional problems with the Shen affect the jing and the qi?

Answer 11

Yes

Question 12

Which organ is always affected by emotions?

Answer 12

Liver

Question 13

A dissociation between body and mind will give rise to what?

Answer 13

Emotional problems

Question 14

What spark gives us our celestial mandate?

Answer 14

Yuan Shen

Question 15

What can happen to an unborn child if the Yuan Shen doesn’t hold or accept the jing of the parents?

Answer 15

Spontaneous abortion

Question 16

Can the Jing develop without the Shen?

Answer 16

No. No yang = no movement = no development

Question 17

Which qi is activated once the baby is born?

Answer 17

Zhong qi

Question 18

What is the most divine, universal, unconscious aspect of Shen

Answer 18

Yuan Shen

Question 19

What is the immortal aspect of the human being?

Answer 19

Yuan Shen

Question 20

Where does the Shen return to upon death?

Answer 20

Yuan Shen

Question 21

What are the first 3 aspect of Shen?

Answer 21

1. Desire for life. Fire = spark of life
2. Creative power - production of more qi so body and life is improved and transformed
3. Elevation - capacity and need for Shen to seek out something higher - ie celestial mandate

Question 22

What is the main sign or result of the Shen not functioning well?

Answer 22

Depression - fire not strong

Question 23

What are the 3 types of laziness?

Answer 23

1. Lots of research and no action
2. Not working
3. Telling ourselves we won’t succeed and not starting

Question 24

What are the 4-6th aspects of Shen?

Answer 24

4. Organizing principles - Shen arranges things. Global function between innate wisdom and aquired knowledge
5. Capacity for individuality - this needs to be overcome. 5 senses,
6. Communicating with others

Question 25

What are the 8-9th aspects of Shen

Answer 25

8. Conciousness 9. Emotional awareness

Question 26

How can the therapist and paitent “work together” during a treatment?

Answer 26

If the therapist has a clean, focussed and active awareness during the treatment

Question 27

Does the Shen manifest in the whole body or just the HT

Answer 27

Whole body

Question 28

What is the first manifestation of yin in the body?

Answer 28

Blood. Blood is in the HT which is why we say the Shen is in the HT

Question 29

If the Shen is weak will the other WuShen be efffected?

Answer 29

Yes.

Question 30

What are the yin and yang parts of the organs?

Answer 30

Yin = Zhong fu. Yang = Wushen

Question 31

Where does the mind return at death?

Answer 31

Yuan Shen