Hua Dao

For a possibly better understanding of women it should be noted that while 'jing' in men resides in the semen and is lost with ejaculation, the 'jing' in a women resides in the blood and is only lost once a month, while men can lose it any time they want. For that reason women will have a hard time understanding or even getting a feel of what loss of jing is. They will benefit from luowang meditation as it is calming the 'hun' spirit which will calm the liver in turn and result in less congestion and blood loss. The equalizer though is that after menopause women will start losing jing in the same manner as a man, which is the reason for so many health problems afterward.

I had just read something on this but I can't find the source now but basically going from my memory it has to do with the five shens: hun, po, shen, yi, zhi, and in paricular it is the hun which resides in the liver becomes connected to the other person and, in a sense, part of it is wandering or away from the body which affects all the 5shen mainly disrupting the yi/spleen which causes the loss of appetite, which in turn affects the zhi/kidneys and you lose the willpower to want to do anything. It's a roughly 3 day ordeal until everything rebalances. There also is something to do with 欲 'yu' desire- the character is made up of a 谷 'gu' (a ravine, gorge, hole) next to 欠 'qian' (lacking, deficient) meaning a 'hole that needs filled'. The sickness is significantly worse after you've been with someone for a time and then break up, the hole may take years to fill and in some cases may always be there. The hun being to drawn another person in the first place is because it comes from the heavens and is following the path that adheres to 靈 'ling' the spiritual world or in a sense the destiny that's been set out for you. Your xin shen/ heart mind (you, consciousness) can choose to follow the hun's desire or go against it. .

Hello, I've been practicing baguazhang since about '95. The style I practice consists of both daoist and buddhist practices although we tend to devote more time to the daoist side. There is also a lot of overlapping in what the practices develop and the daoist side is more practical in my opinion. I hope I can offer something to the forum. My name is 畫道 hua dao which is the basic slow moving practice of bagua which basically means 'to draw out or delineate the path or way'. cheers