independent work is maybe a bit slower but worthy
"Three Treasures is a dense subject, and I won't pretend otherwise — but that density is part of what I appreciate about it. Learning more deeply about Shen, Jing, and Qi has given me a foundation I genuinely didn't have before, and this book has been a real starting point for understanding concepts that are foundational to so much of Traditional Chinese Medicine. I don't come to this one with a dramatic personal story attached — just an honest recognition that this is groundwork I needed, and didn't have. It's the kind of material I know I'll keep returning to and growing into as my understanding deepens, rather than something I'll fully grasp in one read. For me, that's part of what real learning looks like — not always a lightning bolt of insight, but the slow, ongoing work of building a foundation that wasn't there before."