Wu Shen Flashcards

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Which part of the Shen is closest to the Yuan Shen and contains our celestial mandate?

A

Hun

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Which part of the Wushen does the Hun need to anchor it?

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Po

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How many parts does the Hun have?

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  1. The 3 Huns that connect us to Yuan Shen
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How many Gui is the Po connected to?

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7

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5
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Which part of us it most connected to our Real Self?

A

Hun

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What sort of things will we be doing to drown out the noise of our unconscious if we are far from our life path?

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Watching TV, playing music, non stop work and social commitments, numbing with drugs or alcohol to drown out the noise of our unconscious

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Where does the Hun return upon our death loaded with the info of this incarnation?

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Yuan Shen

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8
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Where does intuition come from?

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Hun. Because it contains a piece of the Yuan Shen

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9
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If we don’t have a strong foundational structure are we motivated by our ego or our intuition?

A

Ego

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10
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What do we need to tap into to access the knowledge of the Yuan Shen?

A

Ziran - our true nature

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11
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Which organ is the Hun associated with?

A

Liver

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12
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Which part of the Wushen allows us to succeed?

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Zhi - correct action

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13
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What yin aspect does the Hun depend on?

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Blood - LV

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14
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Which part of the body do we see the Hun in during the day?

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Eyes . In the eyes we read the Shen but the most prominent “taste” is the Hun

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15
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What happens at night if the Hun is in the LV

A

We dream

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16
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What can cause our dreams to suffer?

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A lack of blood. Insufficient yin root to hold

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17
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What is daydreaming a sign of?

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Not enough blood to anchor the Hun

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18
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Why is women’s intuition a thing?

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Mesturation and LV blood being more active

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19
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How does the Hun help us to follow our celestial mandate?

A

It is a tool of the Yuan Shen

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20
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How long is a Hun cycle?

A

60 years

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21
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How does the Hun give us the ability for empathy?

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By knowing oneself better and recognizing us in other humans

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22
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Which part of the Wu Shen allows us to communicate with others?

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Hun. If people are ‘off’ with their communication it is a Hun problem. The stronger their intent the more wrong or off it will be

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23
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Why is the linage more important than the family?

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Because it is a choice

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24
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Why should we not trust the messages that come from drugs?

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They give an opening but not from our regular consciousness which means we don’t know where it comes from and should therefore be wary of it

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Can anything stop the Hun going back to the Yuan Shen?
No. However if the death is violent, suicide, bad way etc Gui can stay behind because they have a desire to manifest their discontent
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What is a major manifestation of an unbalanced Shen
Sleep problems
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What is the movement of the mind/hun
Outward, expansive - wood
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What is the most yin aspect of the Wu Shen?
Po
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What allows the mind to inhabit the body
Po
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Which part of the Wu Shen allows us to differentiate the inner and outer limits of the body?
Po - what is us and what is not us
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Is the Po closest to Qi, Shen or Jing?
Jing
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Name the 7 qualities of the PO (families of Gui)
1. Descending 2. Fastening 3. Individual 4. Individualizing 5. Destruction - morbid desire to return to earth (strong depression) 6. Separating 4. Incarnating
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If the Hun is intuitive the Po is ….
Instinctive
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If the Hun connects us to heaven what do the Po and Gui connect us to?
Earth and nature
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Which organ does the Po relate to?
Lung and Metal
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Is the Po masculine or feminine in quality?
Feminine - earthly, yin, jing
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Which emotion is the Po related to?
Sadness and the inability to let go
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If the Po allows for proprioception and gives a vision of oneself in the world via the senses - what are some skills it allows us to teach ourselves?
Balance, coordination, agility etc
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Which sense is the Po most connected to?
Touch
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Which part of the Wu Shen is effected first when we insert a needle or place hands?
Po
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Which part of the Wu Shen is the root of maturity or immaturity of mind
Po
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Why does the Po take care of the rhythms of the body?
Because they follow the limits of the body
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Which part of the Wushen controls the vegetavive functions
Po
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Where does the Po go at death?
The earth and disappears. This relates to the body which decomposes
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What are ghosts
Gui of humans that did not die in a healthy or complete way
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Which part of the body are the gui connected to?
Skeleton and bones
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True or false- The Gui hang around for a bit once the bones have decomposed
False
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Which part of the body is the Po most present?
Spine and vertebrae
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Which part of the body has the least amount of Po
Fingers and toes
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What is one way a problem with the Po could manifest sexually?
Sexual over activity - sex depletes jing = death drive
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Does the Yuan Shen decide the sex of a child?
No. - it is written into the mandate and Jing
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What is the movement of Po/Jing
Inwards
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Do problems with Po manifest more during the day or night?
Day
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Which part of the Wu Shen is closest to the ego?
Po
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Which element is the yi
Earth
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Thinking and ideas is which part of the mind?
Yi
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Doing and putting into action is which part of the mind?
Zhi
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Is it easier to correct the yi and zhi axis or Hun and Po axis
Yi and Zhi
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How is the Yi part of the mind similar to SPST
SPST takes food and transforms into qi and blood Yi takes perception and transforms into knowledge and experience
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What is the movement of the yi
To harmonize and bring everything to the centre
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Which of the 3 parts of “I” is the yi closest to?
The one we think we are. The most mental aspect of consciousness.
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Which part of the wushen gives us our perceptions from the senses of the outside world to the mind?
Yi -filter to the world
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Which part of the mind is the ‘intention” that coordinates the other parts
Yi
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Which part of the Wu Shen can project into the body, mind and breath?
Yi
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Which part of the Wu Shen translates the foreign language that is the Yi?
Shen
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Which type of qi is the ‘true qi’ from the acquired qi?
Zhen qi
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Which type of qi is the aquired qi?
Gu Qi
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What is the yang aspect of Zhen qi (true qi)
Wei Qi
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What is the yin aspect of Zhen qi (true qi) in the meridians?
Yang qi
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What type of qi is the most yang aspect of the yin of SPST?
Yang qi
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Which type of qi is linked with the blood?
Ying qi
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Which type of qi is linked to the yi?
Ying qi
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Why can a vege diet lead to the mind not being rooted properly or healthy?
Lack of quality and quantity of blood
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Why is the Daoist diet best for a clear mind?
It produces good blood and isn’t too humid
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Which part of the Wu Shen filters our perceptions?
Yi
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Which organ helps our thinking and reasoning to be clear and why?
SP. Connection to Yi
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How do we work on the yi?
Qi Gong - projecting intent
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Which part of the Wu SHen allows us to deliver info and communicate?
Yi. - If yi not good we only hear what we want to hear, not what is being said, which creates confusion and makes it difficult to emit good info to the world.
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Which part of the Wu Shen organizes what you will say, how you will say it and the words you will use
Yi - it is a tool of communication
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Which part of the Wu Shen gives the capacity to intergrate all experiences - physical, sensory, emotional, mental, functional etc
Yi - organizes and analyzes and stores all this info, even if it is unconcsious
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Which part of the Wu Shen is about educating yourself and the capacity to seek within yourself to get what you need?
Yi
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If the Po is the unconscious atttitude that organizes the limits and structures of the body in space. Which part of the mind gives the possibility to consciously travel to these limits
Yi by way of intent
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Which other part of the Wu Shen will benefit the more we train the Yi
Po - Yi looks at what is Po knows what it has. If the Yi is not used to explore the body the Po can’t develop
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What physical ability gives the capacity to explore and connect the Yi and the body?
Coordination
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What is the best way to make the Yi available?
Quiet it!!! The best way to quiet it is to anchor it into the feeling of the body
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Which organ is the Zhi related to?
KD
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Which part of the Wu Shen is there to help us accomplish what we need to do and continue our manifestation?
Zhi
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Charecter, determination, preservation, willpower are all which aspect of the Wu Shen?
Zhi
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Which part of the Wu Shen forces the Shen to focus on things and force them to be completed?
Zhi - feels happy when things are finished
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Which part of the Wu Shen is linked to sexual energy?
Zhi - desire - wanting to live
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Which part of the Wu Shen makes us affirm our self and stand our ground?
Zhi
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If depression with no object is linked to the HT, Depression with a lack of joy for life is linked to which organ and part of the mind?
KD Zhi
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What. Happens if our zhi is weak?
Too much thinking not enough action
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If there is a problem with joy which part of the Wu Shen does this =
Zhi
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Which part of the Wu Shen follows through with the Yi’s planning and thinking
Zhi
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What do we need to work on to keep desire and passion?
Zhi and KD
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What is the best exercise for the Zhi?
Set an alarm and get straight up! The Zhi is renewed by consciously forcing oneself to act and do
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What will go away if we don’t train the Zhi?
Jing
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If the Zhi is weak what else is or will become weak?
Yang of KD, Yuan qi, Ming Men And vice versa if the above are weak the zhi will be weak
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What gives us our deep drive and purpose in life?
Hun
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What gives us the capacity to discriminate and use for incarnation?
Po
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What gives us the means to think, plan and reach for an object of wanting?
Yi