The Lymph System – Boundary of the Self: Water seeps out from the arterial end of the capillaries and becomes interstitial fluid.
Interstitial fluid surrounds and bathes the cells of the body.
Interstitial fluid becomes lymph when it diffuses back into lymph capillaries.
The lymph capillaries then become tributaries to larger lymph vessels.
In the embryo, lymph vessels develop from outpockings of the subclavian veins.
Since veins arise from mesoderm, so do the lymph vessels.
Lymph vessels ultimately empty into the right and left subclavian veins at the site of their embryological origin.
Lymph is able to flow in lymphatic vessels by the intrinsic contractions of “lymph hearts” and by the extrinsic contractions of skeletal muscles.
The larger lymph vessels arrive at lymph nodes which are concentrated at various locations in the body.
Lymph is then filtered through these lymph nodes.
Lymph nodes are garrisons of immune cells.
The immune cells defend and adapt.
Lymph nodes become swollen and palpable as a sign of infection or disease.
From a subconscious self point of view, the lymph system establishes a boundary between the self and the non-self.
From a traumatized subconscious self point of view, the lymph system cannot distinguish between the self and the non-self.
From a traumatized subconscious self point of view, the psyche is compelled to give or receive without joy.
From a traumatized subconscious self point of view, sovereignty is not honored in the psyche.
When the subconscious self is empty, giving and receiving feel clean.
When the subconscious self is empty, the lymph is clear.
