When we opened Thrive we made a digital version as our logo. She created a beautiful rendition of this, which hangs in our office. He took this idea to Joanna Zhao, the founder and director of our University, who is also a talented Doctor, Chinese Medical Practitioner and Classical Chinese Calligrapher. So Tony had all of this understanding of these concepts and basically thought up a way to draw it. But because there is no absolute ending to us (as we are connected to everything) the Wei Qi is also like the dynamic interface of our inner and outer experience.Īre you still reading this? I’m so so so impressed. It is where we end and the rest of the world begins.
The outer limit of which is called the ‘Wei Qi.’ Again, loosely associated with our skin and immune system. Then all this amazing stuff is wrapped up in the beautiful package that is our physical bodies. It is the connection between The Wuji (Heaven) and our bodies (Earth). For the sake of this blog let’s think of it like lightening rod that works in TWO directions. It’s ever so loosely associated with the spine. Within our body it runs right down the center from the top of our head to our perineum. You see the Taiji pole? Looks like a big lightening rod? It kinda is. I’m not going to get into the specifics of these functions because I’m worried I may lose my audience here soon.Īnd there’s a little more. And in these states have different functions. Like water can be solid, liquid or vapor? So can these Treasures be varying states of consistency. Jing, Qi and Shen are all different states of the same thing. WOW.Īnd if that doesn’t blow your mind check this out. Are you getting this visual!? There’s this HUGE Universe of Wuji and it is not separate from us but we actually participate in it’s creation and it’s manifestation within us. It can be translated as ‘limitless’, ‘the void’, ‘Infinity,’ and (my personal favorite) the ‘ultimate of beinglessness.’ OK. 4th century BCE) Daodejing context about returning to one's original nature. New Vocab! What’s the Wuji?! Oo la la this is a fun one. Jing becomes Qi in our Lower Dan Tian, Qi becomes Shen in our MiddleDan Tian, and Shen becomes Wuji in our Upper Dan Tian. Ironically it is often the things I have no physical proof of that are the mostmeaningful for me.but I digress. To that I will say you can’ t see Love either and I’m pretty darn sure it exists. Therefore you as a Westerner you are probably experiencing a healthy degree of skepticism at this point. I say non-anatomical to imply you can’t SEE them when you cut a body open. Similar to the Chakra system, the Dan Tian are non-anatomical areas where very important processes occur. There is a process of internal alchemy within us whereby these transform into each other in different centers of our body. The Three Treasures are inseparable and interchangeable. That Spirit that no one can define, though we can all perceive It in our own ways. For the sake of this being a blog I will stick to the cop-out watered-down version and say it’s “life-force” or “breath of life.” It is not made of matter and therefore our culture generally struggles to conceptualize it. Trying to translate Qi is probably THE bane of my existence. And hence in modern terms can be loosely seen to include our genetic material and it’s potential, though it is much more than that. The individual nature of our Jing has to do with our constitution and is influenced by our Ancestral inheritance. Jing is the most physically dense of the three. The Three Treasures are known as Jing, Qi and Shen. But it’s an ancient and fundamental concept in Chinese Medicine.
Body Mind and Spirit is the current catch phrase for this idea. Wait, what?! We have treasures inside us? Yes, young grasshopper, we do.īasically the idea is if you were to take the entire spectrum of Human composition, from the most solid to the most ethereal, and divide this into into three, you would have the 3 treasures. He envisioned a drawing which would represent the Three Treasures transforming within the Human Body. It was created by Tony while he and I were in Chinese medical school together. It’s significance is pretty interesting though (at least I think so). And by “we” I mean my husband and business partner Tony. Well, today is the day that we will finally unveil the mystery of: “ WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!?!?”Īnd while I’m at it I should probably apologize if it was implied that the symbol is a legitimate Chinese character. (If so, DEFINITELY come show us for some serious hook ups.and maybe also seek therapy) You may even love it so much you secretly tattooed it somewhere on your body. You know the one? It’s on our sign, Facebook page, website, shirts, cards. Today I want to talk to y’all about the Thrive Symbol. Acceptance is so much gentler than resistance.