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The Wisdom of Nature at the Heart of Healing
The Five Element system: Water, Wood, Fire, Earth and Metal, originated in Ancient China. This system has been used as a healing modality for thousands of years.
The Five Elements are archetypes, movements, forms, and energies, which influence every aspect of life. The Elements are the voice and expression of Nature and through intricate and yet, simple relationships and patterns, they reveal the way in which everything in nature is interconnected.
As a healing system, the Five Elements illuminate how our bodies mirror patterns in Nature and vice versa. As an intricate part of Nature, humans feel and are influenced by the Natural world and Nature feels and it's affected by humans. In this context, the Elements speak of ecological processes in Nature which in turn mirror one’s inner ecology.
How does this relate to health and healing?
In Nature everything occurs in the context of interconnection and wholeness. Ancestral wisdom traditions from all over the world recognize that deep healing also manifest in the context of wholeness. Cultivation of wholeness is what the Five Element tradition recognizes as the cultivation of virtue.
In the process of healing and cultivating virtue, the person learns to recognize that every aspect of his/her life requires deep awareness and attention, for every aspect of one’s life (no matter how challenging) has a role in the process of healing. When this is recognized by the person, an internal shift and profound transformation takes place ensuring the cultivation of virtue.
A system of health that concentrates in separating things into parts, eliminating the symptoms and attacking the disease, does not value cultivation of virtue and it certainly does not recognize healing from the context of wholeness, for in that process of separating, eliminating and attacking the illness, the value of listening to the body in a deep way is not recognized and the opportunity for soul growth and deep transformation is missed.
As a system of healing, the Five Element supports the movement towards wholeness by honoring and tending every aspect of this journey in someone's life, for only then, the process of deep healing encounters fertile ground.
Water
The Profound Ancestral Energy of the
Ocean holds the Seed of all Possibilities,
providing Faith, Strength, and Wisdom.
Wood
The Creative Energy of Nature
awakens the visionary capacity of
our Soul, allowing us to follow our
unique path in life.
Fire
The Loving Energy of the Heart of Heaven
opens our hearts to new connections, gives
us joy, and allows us to recognize the
divine aspect in ourselves and in others.
Earth
The Nurturing Energy of the
Earth that provides the gifts of a rich
Harvest and teaches us Service, Integrity,
& Reciprocity.
Metal
The Pure Energy of the Breath of Heaven
in which every inhale brings the gift of
change in a continues and balanced
rhythm of receiving and letting go.
©2009LG
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