nature vs. nurture by energy

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But doesn't this still lead us to the nature vs. nurture argument? I am NO

expert at this point, but in accupressure we studied both a yin release and

a yang release, and there are foods and activities that can promote one over

the other to regain balance. I also think that stimulating the jin shin

jitsu points stimulates the areas where the body generates energy, and

perhaps that could help balance them as well.

 

Maggie

 

 

Message: 10

Wed, 16 Feb 2000 18:27:29 -0700

Deborah Cox <debicox

Re: Chosen Sides

 

Thanks, Caroline for replying so fast. So if this client continues to

distort the energy

so she is deficient on the left, that would mean she's not being receptive

to the

universe?

 

Caroline Abreu wrote:

 

> Caroline Abreu <crow

>

> Deborah:

>

> This is a lot easier than you might imagine. If you stop seeing the

> sides as woman and man, instead seeing them as yin and yang, this may

> be helpful to you. Look at yin as " feminine " or receptive energy. The

> female is the sexual receptacle, the mortar, the yoni. Look at yang as

> the " masculine " or assertive energy. The male is the sexual provider,

> the pestle, the lingam. Receiving does not equal taking, and giving

> does not equal generosity, in this case.

>

> As to sides, left side of the body is controlled primarily by the

> right brain, the creative, artistic portion, while the right side of

> the body is controlled primarily by the left brain, the more

> analytical portion. If you deal with stroke patients, you can tell

> which side of the brain was affected by which side of the person is

> affected by weakness, drooping, or paralysis (as well as cognitive

> signals such as communication and memory).

>

> In the yin-yang symbol, each energy contains an " eye " of the other for

> balance. I see the idea of females as giving and males as taking is a

> generality of the sort I like to avoid. It is the balance of

> receptivity and assertiveness that is imbalanced in many individuals

> of either sex. Perhaps we should be thinking more of maturity than

> sex; for instance, a young boy may be more giving in nature than an

> adult woman. Does this make him less masculine, or her less feminine?

> Our hormones are only one source of our social and ethical behavior; a

> lot has to do with socialization and environment. But that " nature v.

> nurture " argument can wait until another time...

>

> I hope that clarifies left and right for you :-)

>

> Deborah Cox wrote:

> >

> > Just last week I had a client who was definitely unbalanced left v.

right (I

> > do Healing

> > Touch energy work). In trying to describe what I was feeling to her, I

> > started getting

> > confused by the many different things that I've read and heard....

> > Left = feminine energy Right = masculine energy

> > Left = receiving energy Right = giving energy

> >

> > I equate giving with feminine energy and recieving as a masculine energy

> > thus, the

> > confusion. Can someone clarify this for me?

> >

> --

> Blessings,

> Crow

> " Look for Rainbows in the Darkness "

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