Nikola Zunic on Suwen 1-3

To start, our project is challenging me to engage with reciprocity in the study and practice of Chinese medicine. In the past, my relation with the knowledge and technical skill taught to me has been to take and apply with my intention directed at producing the desired effect of the idea or technique. I was and still am mirroring my teachers, which seems to be a first step in learning this technology. However, as I have drifted a bit recently, somewhat isolating myself, I am reminded of 兌, hexagram 58, which encourages joining with friends in discussion, study, and practice. Lucky me to have found my way to the Peach Blossoms and learn from these remarkable folks who enrich the soil, not merely taking what is there. This depth of reciprocity will encourage all involved to embrace our 德.

Spencer Green on Suwen 1, Line 4

黃帝曰：余聞上古有真人者，提挈天地，把握陰陽，呼吸精氣，獨立守神，肌肉若一，故能壽敝天地，无有終時，此其道生。

The yellow emperor said: "I've heard the elder ages had those who [were] perfected people, lifting and carrying heaven and earth, grasping and holding yin and yang, exhaling and inhaling essence qi, solitarily standing [to] safeguard shen, skin and flesh are as one, therefore able to live longer [than] worn out heaven and earth, without having an ending of years. This [was] their way of living.

It all begins with an idea.

It all begins with an idea.