Complexity and Information systems, P.S.

September 23, 2003

Chinese Medicine , James wrote:

> Chinese Medicine , Sharon wrote:

> > Have a look at Manaka's work, Chasing the Dragon's Tail.... you

> may enjoy his activities in this area. He also looked at

> information systems and chaos theory, holographic relationships

all

> quite readable. He saw the TEAM software in yin/yang theory, 5

> elements, open and closed points as very much being explainable

> within these quantum areas of scientific thought. >>>

>

> Sharon:

>

> I read Manaka's book shortly after it first came out, and still

> refer to it once in a while. Do you know if anyone has continued

his work? No one seems to be talking about this material with his

> interest and in the kind of detail that he did. >>>

Sharon:

I spoke too soon. This afternoon I received a copy of the European

Journal of Oriental Medicine, which has an article by Stephen Birch

on Manaka's acupuncture. It summaries Manaka's octahedron model for

acupuncture, which Birch is teaching around Europe.

An interesting side note: the bagua or 8-sided figure is interesting

for some very scientific reasons. A bagua can be created

mathematically during the eversion of a sphere. Yin and yang---the

interior and exterior of the sphere---change places in 3 dimensions

by moving through each other. When the process gets to the midpoint,

the figure can be cut in two to reveal the bagua, an eight-sided

figure which is the most stable path through this process. The basic

yin/yang divisions of the body first proposed in the Suwen have

finally been " completed " by supercomputers in the 20th century. I

have an illustration of the process on my pulse forum. Those

interested can view it by clicking on the link.

Jim Ramholz

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