First, the meaning of "soul" and "spirit"
1, Shuo Wen Jie Zi has a vivid description of "soul": "Soul, Yang also. From the sound of ghost clouds. " The soul is man's natural yang. The glyph uses the sound of "ghost" and "cloud". "Cloud" refers to the ever-changing airflow in the air. "Ghost" refers to the mysterious energy that dominates the body. The combination of "cloud" and "ghost" is "Yang Xuan in the body after death" or "Yang of the deceased ascending to heaven".
2. Shuo Wen Jie Zi describes "Qi" in this way: "Qi, Shen Yin also. From ghost white tone. " Spirit is the natural yin of human beings, and the shape is beside the "ghost". "White" is the abbreviation of "parking", which means stopping. "Ghost" refers to the mysterious energy that dominates the body. The combination of "white" and "ghost" means "mysterious static energy that dominates and adheres to the body."
The ancients believed that the body was the refuge of the "spirit", and when the body died, the "spirit" ceased to exist; But the "soul" can "wander" after the death of the body. "Soul" is the mysterious energy that directs the spirit, and is responsible for emotional, ideological and other spiritual activities in the conscious state. Spirit is the mysterious energy that dominates the body, and it is responsible for physiological instinct such as perception and metabolism in the unconscious state.
Second, the definition of "soul" and "god" in Huangdi Neijing
"The souls of those who come with longing; Those who are refined, those who come in and out, are called the spirit; The "qi" and "essence" mentioned here are actually two sides of the same thing. " Soul pivot is the God, which says, "The two spirits strive for God", and the fertilized egg produced by the combination of a man's sperm and a woman's egg is God. It belongs to yang (qi). ""Soul Pivot and Jue Qi "also said:" Er Shen fought and merged, and Mr. Chang was called the essence. " It is also said that men and women have sexual intercourse to produce fertilized eggs. The substance that is earlier than the embryo is called sperm. It is a negative aspect. Therefore, both "soul" and "spirit" come and go with "God" and are different manifestations of Yin and Yang of "God". Therefore, the soul is a yang god and the soul is a yin god. It is precisely because "soul" and "spirit" are the yin and yang expressions of "God" that "God's labor dissipates the soul. (The Confusion Theory of Ling Shuda) "
As can be seen from the above, the "soul" and "spirit" came into being earlier than the human form, and "Lingshu Tiannian" also said: "The blood and gas have been reconciled, the glory has been received, the five treasures have become, the spirit has been abandoned, and the soul has become an adult." Within 2 weeks after fertilization, it is a fertilized egg, 3-8 weeks is an embryo, 4 weeks is the formation of internal organs, and 9 weeks is the fetal period. When the five internal organs are formed, the heart is God's dormitory, and God lives in it. The dormitory of the soul is blood, so the liver hides the soul; Qi is inhabited by God, so the lung hides God. You have your soul and spirit, and then you become a person. In other words, a person can only become a person if he has the soul and spirit, and the generation of the soul precedes the formation of the person.
Third, the relationship between "soul" and "god" diseases and organs.
1, the disease of soul is directly related to the liver. "Soul Pivot itself" said: "The liver moves with sorrow and hurts the soul. If the soul is hurt, it is madness to forget the essence. If it is not refined, it will be unfair. Yin qi will contract, muscles will be twisted, and the bones on both sides will not be lifted. Hair will be tired and will die in autumn. " If the liver hides the soul, the soul will be hurt if the sorrow touches the relevant internal organs too much (sad lung, because the sorrow is too great, the lung gold can't restrain the liver wood, so that the liver wood takes the lung gold instead), and the soul injury will make people crazy, forget the surrounding environment, and unconsciously show words and deeds different from ordinary people; There will also be symptoms such as vulvar atrophy, muscle spasm, unfavorable rib movement and gaunt hair. And he will die in the autumn.
2. The symptoms of paralysis are directly related to the lungs. For example, "The Year of Soul Pivot" says: "Eighty years old, lung failure, distant spirit, good words and bad words." The root cause of alienation is "lung-qi failure" and the symptom is "saying the wrong thing"; "Soul Pivot itself" said: "The infinite joy of the lungs will hurt the soul and the soul will be crazy. Crazy people will not save people, their skins will burn, their hair will wear out, and they will die in summer. " If the lung hides essence, excessive joy will hurt (I am sad because of joy, but my heart can't restrain the gold of the lung, so that the gold of the lung accounts for the benefit of the heart fire). If my spirit is hurt, people and gods will be crazy, crazy people will lose consciousness, and no one will watch; There will also be symptoms such as burnt skin and gaunt hair, and you will die when the fire is strong in summer. The same is "lung qi injury", the symptoms are "madness" and "skin hair" of the lung. This is because "the lung is the foundation of qi, and so is God".
Fourthly, the relationship between "soul", "spirit" and spiritual consciousness.
Huangdi Neijing also lists the relationship between "soul" and "spirit" and spiritual consciousness. For example, "Dream of Yin Xie" said: "Good and evil attack from outside, but they don't settle down, and they love hiding but don't settle down. They follow the camp, follow the guard, but fly with the soul, making people unable to sleep and dream happily. " Evil spirits invade the body from the outside, and there is no fixed place and way. But running with the spirit of the camp guard, and with the flying soul, people often sleep and dream. "Soul Pivot Ben Zang": "If the heart is harmonious, the spirit is straight, and the soul is inseparable, you can't regret it. Wuzang will not be hurt. " If the will is harmonious, the spiritual thinking will be concentrated, the soul will stick to it, resentment will not erupt, and the five internal organs will not be disturbed by external evils. "The Theory of Spiritual Pivot and Great Confusion": "God is ascetic and his soul is scattered ... When he dies, he sees something unusual, and his spirit and soul are inseparable, so he is confused." If God is too tired, his soul will be scattered ... suddenly seeing an unusual place, his soul will be scattered and uncoordinated, so he will feel confused. These classics show that "soul" and "god" are closely related to spiritual meaning, but to further distinguish the specific division of labor between "soul" and "god", we must rely on ancient books other than Huangdi Neijing to understand.
1, "soul" mainly dominates spiritual knowledge.
Zuozhuan? In seven years, Confucius said, "God and Qi are souls. ..... What is attached to the spirit is called gnosis, and I gradually know that something is also attached to the spirit. " "Knowledge of nature" should be a Buddhist term. Ding Buddhism Dictionary explains: "All sentient beings know nature. "Gui Jing Yi Jie (Volume 2)" also has: "Group knowledge is dull." It can be seen that "soul" is attached to "God", and it has mental abilities (such as thinking, reasoning and judgment) that exist with the birth of life.
2. "Spirit" mainly dominates the subconscious instinctive feelings and actions.
Zuozhuan? In Zhao Gong Seven Years, Confucius thought that "the spirit attached to the form is the spirit". Those who possess the spirit of form are born as the spirit of spirit. "All kinds of psychological and behavioral activities such as feeling, reflection, reaction and exercise after birth, such as touch, hearing, sight, smell, taste, crying, body movement and other sensory functions and instinctive subconscious behaviors, belong to the category of spirit. The Analects of Confucius also said: "Spirit makes it suffer with energy and kinetic energy, so you can feel it."
To sum up, "soul" and "spirit" are the concrete manifestations of the yin and yang of "God"; The soul is "following desire" and is a yang god, and its positive mental activity is its representation; God "goes in and out with essence", which is a kind of yin god, and its negative mental activity is its representation. In terms of spiritual consciousness, "soul" mainly dominates spiritual knowledge, and "spirit" mainly dominates subconscious instinctive feelings and actions; The occurrence of "soul" and "spirit" diseases is directly related to the organs in which they live. Of course, the human body is a whole and the five elements interact with each other. Therefore, the etiology and pathogenesis of "soul" and "spirit" are quite complicated.
As far as specific symptoms are concerned, the symptoms of "soul" can be divided into hyperactivity, incompleteness and confusion. 1, ADHD has symptoms such as shallow sleep, easy to wake up early, inner anxiety, easy to have nightmares, inexplicable irritability and so on. 2. In terms of shortcomings, there are some symptoms, such as being afraid to face others, feeling sad alone, feeling that life is boring, narrowing the scope of attention and turning a blind eye to things around. 3. In terms of chaos, there are symptoms such as easy to say the wrong thing, moody, compulsive thinking, often feeling that the door is unlocked after going out, poor learning and understanding ability, forgetfulness, and restless limbs. The symptoms of "spirit" can also be summarized by hyperactivity, incompleteness and confusion. 1, shortcomings, blurred vision, hearing loss, slow speech, unclear speech, poor breathing or shortness of breath, muscle weakness, rough skin, forgetfulness and other symptoms. 2, ADHD, auditory hallucinations, hallucinatory breathing, sometimes shortness of breath, sweating, irritability, tinnitus and other symptoms. 3, confusion has symptoms such as talking to yourself, speaking without basis, and being unrealistic.