Week Six----Vibrations ....

Are all vibrations 'good'?....No, vibration can be undesirable in many cases. For example, an electrical appliance with a motor, like a blender, because it vibrates, it produces noise. Vibration can also be an indication of a malfunction---something mechanical is not operating properly and energy is being wasted, parts are being worn down. In discussing vibrations, an amazing experience that I had comes to mind. I was working at a bar that showcased live music. There was a front room with seating, and a main room with more seating and space for a band. One evening, we had a party reservation for the front room, about thirty people. It was a social gathering sponsored by a local deaf activist organization; most of the guests were deaf, all of them communicated through sign language. Again, this party was held in our front room which is sectioned off from the main room. When I would go to this area to check in with them, I felt overcome by the atmosphere. My own senses were a bit boggled---I would step into this room full of people buzzing with activity....yet there was almost no sound. Everyone was speaking in sign language. It was like the air around me was vibrating. I remember feeling a sense of surreal calm in the middle of it all. When the band started playing, some of the people got up to dance ....it was such a beautiful thing to witness. They could feel the vibrations of the music through the floor.

Resonance in my world ....the phrase "that resonates with me" comes to mind. Something that I surely think/say every now and again. What am I feeling when I do ....it is like a chord is struck within me. An internal spark. Maybe of understanding? Definitely a feeling in the truest sense of the word, especially in the context of other people. To tune into another emotionally; feelings are mutual. Being on the other side of someone while being on the same side as someone. Some hint that perhaps we see the world a-lot-a-bit in the same way in that moment. There is resonance.

Connections I make between Energy and Qi ....From a Western perspective, matter is energy. It is condensed energy. Energy can be transformed; never created nor destroyed. It simply is. Qi also is. Qi is also energy, and like the Western concept of energy, it can be transformed---it is dynamic, always pulsing ....aggregating and dispersing. From an Eastern perspective, the aggregation of qi is akin to life, and the dispersal of qi is akin to death. But in a way, qi, like the energy concept of the West, is never truly created nor destroyed ....qi is what creates life and its transformation---dispersal---from a more material state to a more immaterial state is what we would call death, but this energy is never truly destroyed.