Acupuncture as effective energy medicine ....The subtle body and the gross body. The energetic body and the physical body. Overlayed and interconnected. Our energy bodies are felt---immaterial and emotional. Energetic disharmonies often manifest in our physical bodies and by treating the physical body, our energetic bodies may be nourished. Physical pain may be due to physical trauma, but it may also be related to a deep energy blockage, like long-repressed anger or grief. We may treat our energetic bodies directly; for example, through spiritual practices or mind soothing activities. We may also access our energetic bodies through our physical aspect---acupuncture is one way of doing this. And just as our energetic bodies may be accessed through our physical bodies, our physical bodies may also be accessed through our energetic bodies. Acupuncture, as "energy medicine" supports both.
What conclusions can you draw from Kirlian photography? ....I am most curious to learn more about Kirlian photography. In the example from our reading---the leave that was photographed after it had a portion cut-off---the fact that there was still a glowing portion in this area in the photograph, to me, is some-kind-of-proof that our energetic bodies that are alive and well, even when the physical ceases to be. The physical is not the container of our energetic selves, we just mistake it for that, for such energies can not truly be contained. We give off energy---it radiates beyond our physical forms, contributing to the 'atmosphere', or the 'feeling that is in the air'. Kirlian photography seems to be one way of capturing this energy, in a snapshot, if but for a moment.
Human intent as it affects health ....In Buddhism, all actions originate in the mind with intention. Intention is the sprouting seed of thought---Being manifest. I believe that there is a strong correlation between intention and one's health. Just as the power of positive thinking should not be dismissed, the power of negative thinking has an equally strong, yet inverse, effect. When I feel the early symptoms of what may be a 'cold' manifesting---I actively, psychologically dis-identify with these feelings. This mindset is subtley different from "ignoring" the onset of potential illness; it more speaks of my intention to maintain an identity with 'health'. It is more that I am acknowledging that illness is only a possibility---and the second that I start talking about "getting sick," sure enough ....I get sick.
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so true about getting sick, and yet I forget...the more I talk about my arm being in pain from massage, the more it hurts..lately when I've been getting more acupuncture and feeling better, I forget about it a little bit and it feels better!
ReplyDeleteVery informative and nicely put. I do agree that both the energetic and physical body's can effect each other going either way. That makes things exciting when doing healing work on ones self and others.
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