week 10 chemistry of life

Life and Living Systems
I know I'm a "living system" because I have feeling, pains, needs, thoughts, wants and the list goes on. Mostly when I go slower, it brings me in touch with the breath and all my surrounding become more vibrant and alive. I can watch a little lizard gobble up an earwig, see the deer and her fawn come on their nightly stroll through my yard, and watch the first star appear on the horizon and all of these experiences tell me I am alive. Other signs are my need to drink water, eat regularly, exercise, sleep, shower, call my mom, check in on my kids, etc. These tell me I am connected to my needs and those of my loved ones.

Biophysics and Oriental Medicine
Well now this is an interesting correlation of how we can explore the deeper levels of healing to the qi level, the blood level, or the organ systems for example on where the imbalances lie. Or is it something to do with a blockage of a pathogenic factors that is the underlying problem. Digging down to the biological level of the system is part of what we do by feeling the pulse, looking at the person and assessing the main symptoms to be involved with some ongoing knowledge to enhance their lives. We want each system to be able to work harmoniously with the whole body so the end result is vitality. There are so many factors that can influence a system like their environment, their diet, their work, family connections, exercise program, meditative practices, belief systems and lifestyles. How intricately we all need to balance all of these factors to be able to do all we need to do in life. It's something.