The Three Heater Official

The Three Heater Official

 

When our diagnosis leads us to treat the Fire Element and, more specifically, the "function" side of Fire, below are several points on the Three Heater to consider:

• Three Heater (San Jiao) 5: Outer Frontier Gate
• The Three Heater, as we have seen, adjusts our temperature (at all levels) to appropriately harmonize with our environment. This point is a gate, which must open and close appropriately to allow the proper amount of warmth to be expressed, and for harmonious exchanges that allow for truth, love and compassion to flow outwards.
• Three Heater (San Jiao) 7: Assembly of Ancestors
• Some Fire imbalanced patients' ability to trust and to know how much of themselves can be safely expressed to others is severely traumatized. They have, perhaps, been hurt so deeply or so often in relationships that they have simply shut down their own fire and developed a cold, impenetrable shell around themselves. No amount of rational thinking or analysis is of help.
• To see and know with whom we are - friend or foe - involves more than seeing with physical eyes, or even the mind's eyes. We must also be able to see with the eyes of spirit.
• Using the point Assembly of Ancestors on a Fire imbalanced patient is akin to calling a great meeting with his/her great grandmothers and grandfathers - those who have seen and done it all before, and from a high and heavenly perspective, can give the benefit of wise counsel. We can well imagine the relief of such counsel: "This one is safe," or "Be cautious here." The Chinese revered their ancestors for the wisdom they held and their ability to help those in the land of the living. Whether we hold the concept of "ancestors" in a literal or metaphorical sense - as in the wisdom of our higher selves - tapping into such spiritual wisdom reassures us that we are not on our own. Thus connected, we can see each situation with new eyes and respond with instinctual immediacy, rather than through the veils of past pain. We can attune ourselves appropriately in extending our relationships with others and in society.  
• The link is here.