【Description】
According to Chinese culture, the Ancients divided the Universe into five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. As an ancient philosophical concept, the five elements (wuxing, also known as the five phases) are widely used in Traditional Chinese Medicine, feng shui, physiognomy, divination, and many other disciplines.
You may have a life of metal, wood, water, fire, or earth, depending on which element you are born under. Therefore, should the five elements be taken into consideration when wearing dharma treasures?
If you have this question, please listen to what Grandmaster JinBodhi has to say.
【You will learn】
- How to choose the right dharma treasure for yourself
【Content】
The philosophical system of the 5 elements and 8 trigrams is complicated. For example, there are levels to the fire element. It is like cooking, where there is high heat and low heat.
I am a Fire Type, but my fire is very small. Sometimes I need to replenish the fire energy. So at times when I am tired, I wear red or yellow beads. Sometimes in the winter, I wear wood bracelets, such as sandalwood or agarwood bracelets, or other types of wood bracelets. They can all be beneficial to me.
But sometimes, when the fire is too strong, you can wear several different bracelets. I would wear some blue bracelets, or some bracelets with a cooler tone. To cool the fire down, usually you need bracelets that are blue. Any blue gemstone has a purifying effect. They also have the effects of cooling, soothing the liver, sterilizing, diminishing inflammation and reducing blood pressure. So when you wear them, they can cool your fire down.
You can’t just strictly stay within the 5-element theory. If you wear wood often because you are the Wood Type, that is not correct. You need to balance the yin and yang. It sounds a little complicated. When it is difficult to understand, follow your instincts. Feel what your instincts are telling you. Just feel the dharma item, not the material. When you feel that the beads are yours, that feeling signals your body’s general needs. Don’t worry about the material.