Metal and Wood Synergy

Synergy exists between the Wood Element and the Metal Element.  As we have mentioned previously, spring is the season of the Wood Element.  The climate of spring pumps more energy into the Liver and Gallbladder meridians purging the anger and frustration range of emotions. We have been working on those emotions in the last weeks.   Now we will shift our focus to the Metal element.  The negative emotions of the Metal Element are the emotions of grief, sorrow, longing, self pity, or greed.  Next we consider what a balanced Metal Element is like. When the Metal Element is balanced we experience clarity, discernment and a sense of mental freedom.  Natural orderliness produces better memory function as well.  A distinct ability to integrate lesson, sort out value, let go of the past and move freely onto new endeavors is the gift of the Metal Element.  The mental "clinging onto the past" lets us know that emotions of loss are stored and disrupting our progress.  The interplay between the Wood Element and the Metal Element is common to all of our experience.  When a rage takes us over, it is common to feel grief rise after. Conversely, when grief takes us over it is also common to experience rage intermixed with the grief? 

Let's look a little closer at the similarities of the two Elements in their positive expression. With in the Wood element we find our insights, we make plans and decisions, and set our boundaries.  Within the Metal Element we reflect on what is good for us and worth keeping and what does not serve us and needs to be discarded. In the Metal Element, we sort things out, we put things in order, and then move on to the next goal.  Setting boundaries in the Wood Element and sorting things out in the Metal Element are two similar functions and the balance or imbalance of one of them will produce balance or imbalance in the other.  Since we have had our focus on the Wood Element this season we will now visit the Metal Element to honor the connection between them.  To determine the condition of the Metal Element consider these functions.  Do you have any physical complaints in the lungs, large intestine, sinuses or on the skin.  These are the physical territories of the Metal Element.  Next, look at your environment.  It is in order or is it cluttered and messy.  Do you have a distracted nature that losses track of tasks that need to be completed?  Disorder in these ares are a sign the Metal Element needs balancing.  If you answered yes to any of these questions then this next Toggle is for you.  Put your focus on losses in your life that you have not fully let go of.  Let yourself visit painful experiences of the past and let yourself again experience the literal pain of the loss.  Don't talk yourself out of this pain as it comes up.  Allow it to surface.   Then focus on this pain and pull it in.  You may also put pressure on the Metal pulse point as you conduct this Toggle to make the shift more complete.  If any anger or fear follows once the grief has shifted, then address those emotions as well.  When you have completed this exercise go back to your clutter and see what happens.