Emotions

Emotions are appropriately named... e - energy motions.... energy in motion.

Emotions are a gross movment of energy which overides the usual flow through the channels and tributaries.

There are 5 main types of emotions- which correspond to 5 movements of energy.

Anger, Joy, Meditation, Fear, Grief.

Grief- Outward pouring of energy. Radiated away from the lungs. The main function of the Lungs is harvesting energy from the air, and circulating it in the body. The radiation of energy has a numing and insulating effect, though goes against the normal function of the Lung.

Anger pushes energy out in a jagged way. This mainly affects the Liver because its job is to lift energy up to the Spirit in the Sheng Cycle, which is to lift it to the centre. Pushing energy out in such a disturbing way also affects the Liver as it is governor of emotions generally.

Joy- uplifting lifts energy up, and can displace the Spirit from its normal place in the Heart.

Meditation- the opposite of concentration - is the act of centering onsselt, rather than concentration. This affects the Spleen since it is in chage of transportation.

Fear- Ki