Even when two people eat the same food at the same restaurant, one might suffer from food poisoning while the other experiences no symptoms at all. This illustrates that although external factors are important in the onset of disease, the internal state of one’s body is even more critical. In Oriental medicine, this concept is…
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In Oriental medicine， the highest level of mental and physical cultivation is called Tranquility and Emptiness (恬淡虛無). This concept is discussed in the first chapter of the Huangdi Neijing, “Discourse on the Highest Truth.” “When one lets go of desires, attachments disappear, the mind becomes deeply calm and peaceful, and the body is filled with its…
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