week 11 energy medicine and energy fields

Acupuncture as an effective energy medicine
It is quite extraordinary to me that despite the longevity of this modality, it has been slowly gaining acceptance in the western world. The first western person to receive acupuncture on a tour of China with Nixon in the 1970 had an acute case of appendices and required surgery. He was amazed when he was offered acupuncture to help in his recovery what an incredible experience it was. Slowly, slowly over the next 30 years or so as our western minds tried to grapple with these concepts - horses were used as guinea pigs and dang they got better. We do have much evidence now that tell us that the needles, chi gong, tai qi, herbs, massage all move the energy. We can put in needles and the fact that people go into the parasympathetic nervous system tells them they have been somewhere else. My first teacher was 56 when she learned about acuppressure. Edith Davis had polio as a child and had physical limitations. While doing some tai qi, she had some difficulty and the instructor pushed some points to relieve her pain. That started her journey in Chinese Medicine and she started a school in Minneapolis at the age of 69. Edith gave an acupuncture treatment at the age of 87 2hours before she had a heart attack and died a few days later in April. She knew of the effectiveness of acupuncture and so do all of us who have experienced the qi. Blessing to Edith.

The Kirlian photography is very fascinating to me. Michael told me a few things about my picture - one was that I was not saying somethings I needed to say. Was it just a coincidence or what that that night was a big release for me saying some things that needed to be said. Blew me away for sure. It is hard to understand what all the different colors mean, but Michaels' experience has led him on a path that some of us find quite interesting and appreciate the wisdom that other's are able to impart. Take what you like and leave the rest as the saying goes.

Human Intent as it affects health
Intention is to me like attitude - its a small thing that can have a huge impact on things. What a person holds as their intention seems to order the output and imput for what follows. For example, I have the intention of getting licensed to practice acupuncture in California. So then I checked out schools - once I learned I just couldn't take the boards, and started the process of interviewing and putting my other life on hold to pursue the intention of school. It is like the map quest of life - you come up with intentions and the universe gives you the map to follow. So if the intent is around positive experiences - the whole experience has a different nature than if it is not. My friend Marcie had inflammatory breast cancer a few years ago. She is a chiropractor, had to give up her practice and needed radiation, surgery and chemotherapy in order to deal with the cancer. Her intent when she went into all of these experiences was to be healed by them and saw the experiences in the most positive of lights. Her diagnosis was grim - very few survive this diagnosis. She is back at work and I believe doing some of her best work after a complete recovery.