The world/reality is multi-layered and when I write I try to express that, so my writing can be a little confusing until you get how everything is connected. I thought I would start this email with some information on 5 Element Theory that will help you understand what I am trying to say.
 
Chinese Medicine (5 Element Theory)
Element (Energy) & Color......Meridians/Organs Involved...................................................Emotion.........................Sound
FIRE.................................Heart...Small Intestine...Pericardium...Triple Warmer.........Joy, Bliss......................Laughter
EARTH..............................Spleen...Stomach.............................................................Worry, Anxiety, Stress
METAL/AIR.......................Lungs...Large Intestine.....................................................Grief, Control
WATER..............................Kidneys...Bladder............................................................Fear
WOOD..............................Liver...Gall Bladder...........................................................Anger
 
FIRE...creates...EARTH...produces...METAL/AIR...makes...WATER...grows...WOOD...feeds...FIRE
 
FIRE...melts...Metal...pierces...Wood...strangles...Earth...dams...Water...extinguishes...FIRE
 
These elements are at play in the world and in our bodies.
 
Okay...on with the email.
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"The FLU the FLU!" I hear this everywhere and I don't even watch tv.
 
I want to share something with you all about your immune system.
 
1st the physical
Your immune system is two pronged:
Thymus = the military. They blow up anything "bad" that gets past your border (skin).
Spleen = clean up crew. This is tied into your lymphatic system. Your lymphatic system cleans up the mess that your military makes.
 
If there is too much killing, the Spleen can't keep up and your system gets dirty/stressed and you get what is called "sick." On a daily basis your military is blowing stuff up. You get sick when the killing gets out of hand and your body gets too polluted. That is why drinking plenty of fluids is important, because it is helping flush (sometimes literally :]) the junk/dead bodies out of your body.
 
What determines the strength or weakens of your immune system is the Thymus (Triple Warmer & Heart). You can think of your Thymus as a military person on guard duty. When I was in the military, everyone had guard duty at some time or another. Every 2-6 hours a fresh new person was put at the guard post. Your Thymus (person on guard duty) can be in one of the following weakened states:
OVER ACTIVE: This is the adrenaline junky guard. On post he sucks down tons of coffee. This keeps him on edge. Now image, this amped up guard is on duty and a fluffy...cuddly...widdle...bitty bunny wabbit hops out of a bush. What do you think happens? Yep...the jazzed guard empties 2 clips into the poor bunny before he (the guard) realized that the bunny was no threat. This is what is termed "auto immune dis-eases."
UNDER ACTIVE: This stressed-out guard (Thymus) is half asleep, because he/it hasn't had a replacement (time to reenergize) guard sent in days, weeks or months. A Thymus in this mode of operation lets bad things sneak by because he is not focused enough to catch the "bad" guys...aka viruses, germs, etc etc.
 
Now the metaphysical
The immune system (Thymus) is the endocrine associated with the heart chakra (energy center). When this energy center is closed off then the immune system doesn't get charged up. You can look at this on a physical level as the immune system being too weak, on an emotional level unable to let love come to us and a mental level being closed off to/from others.
 
When the heart it is open it is a transformer. The heart (power of love) has the strength to transform anything that is dark/ignorance into light/awareness,enlightenment. BUT...a protected heart is a weak heart. This mentally seems wrong, to us. We think "Aren't we much safer if we are protected?" NO YOUR NOT!!! By protecting ourselves we close off the strength coming to and from the heart. The Pericardium becomes rigid!
 
My mind goes to pictures of Hanuman and Jesus. What do they usually emphasis? Their hearts being open!!! The power of FORGIVENESS is the transforming power that we all have access to!!! Your immune system functions BEST when fully open!! Like the pictures below of Hanuman, Jesus and yes...Superman. Strength is in the Open...Transforming...Power of the HEART!!!
 

 
 
When the media is always talking about how bad things are, you get afraid. When you are afraid of something you have made it real and you have giving it power over you. Then you move to protect (a hardening of the Pericardium) yourself and as a result you physical, mentally and/or energetically close things down. Put in other words, FEAR closes the Heart Chakra which weakens your immune system, which leaves you vulnerable to attack. WATER puts out FIRE! WATER also grows too much WOOD (anger). What happens if you put too much WOOD on a FIRE? You smother it.
 
Yesterday, I was working on a friend/client. She was complaining of a distended stomach. I was working on her and it came to me, so I repeated it to her "Your fed up to here with _______." She instantly bust out into hold your belly out-loud laughter. This went on for a few minutes and the issue was resolved. When you get to serious about something it has beaten you. It has taken your power. When you can laugh about something it gives you the levity which takes you above the problem (when you are higher you can see/are more aware of things) and it can be healed/solved.
 
 
If you don't get scared of "it" then it can't affect you as much!!! At least with your heart is open, if you get something which is less likely you can easily transform it!!!