Art or Science?

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Thanks Patricia for the link - I enjoyed that article very much.

During the winter I had been discussing this idea with my cousin. He

is a very Yang fellow and does not believe in 'Art' he sees it as a

vague 'unscientific' speculation - a type of egoism - a personal

viewpoint that only sees 'I' in everything - he only trusts

the 'facts'. My viewpoint is very different - I am Yin - I think

that the only real judge of truth is intuition - no matter how

many 'facts' we have we will always make choices based on our

personal viewpoint - intuition which is simply a higher type of

synthasis is in no way contrary to science - we can never know

everything about anything - we simply are attracted to something -

or repelled by something or we are ignorant of that thing - these

are the only types of consciousness - why are we attracted or

repelled or uninterested? - only because of our individual nature -

the most 'objective' person is simply choosing what they want to

believe just as the greatest 'intuitive' - human beings often face

this dichotomy when communicating because of their oppposite

natures - the Yin way of percieving the world is not more or

less 'real' just as the Yang way is not more or less real - these

are simply different ways of 'seeing' the same thing - there is only

one reality and all perception is of that - perception is a means of

apprehending reality - but perception is different for each of us -

this does not mean that there are many realities it simply means

there are many percievers.

 

Every great healer I have ever known has been a mixture of 'Artist'

and 'Scientist'. My father is a great medical scholar (the greatest

I have known) - yet his own medical path has been a path of personal

realization through intutitive insight - he has worked to perfect

himself and his organs of perception (including the mind)- through

this he has come to be able to 'see' pathology in any and everybody -

he does not have studies to back up his medical approach except in

the success that his patients have had in recovering from disease.

This is true of every great healer - they have developed their skill

as healers by working to be healthy themselves. I once read Michio

Kushi's translation of Namboku Mizuno's work 'Food Governs Your

Destiny' - Mizuno had been one of the great physiognimists of his

time and was reknown as a great diagnositician - he taught in a very

unique way - he taught his desciples that if one wanted to

understand reality then one will have to purify oneself and become

clean, clear, and healthy - only then will one be capable of

understanding others and their problems and what they need to do to

come out of these problems. He believed that the person who wants to

help others should be exemplars of sane and healthy life - so

instead of teaching techniques of learning he taught his students to

be deep and profound percievers. He taught anyone can learn 'facts'

from textbooks but few really learn what those 'facts' relate to. A

master perciever can spot patholgy instantly but a scholar is often

trying to understand the facts and put them in order - if they do

not fall into order then that scholar might become confused - he

keeps searching the 'rule' books.

 

Life is both an art and a science and we can have succcess through

each mode of perception - but the greatest minds are both.

 

Chinese Traditional Medicine , " Patricia Ann Haring "

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> " Twyla Hoodah " twylahoodah, wrote on : Wed May 17, 2006 5:52pm

(PDT) :

> Re: TCM Perspective; Healing With Whole Foods: Congee

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> Hello Patricia

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> Thanks for the reminder. Question: is congee made of white rice

recommended for diabetics?

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> I prefer using bown rice, even brown basmati rice in my congee!

>

> If you haven't acquired Paul Pitchford's " Healing With Whole

Foods " yet ... run to the nearest book store and get a copy for

yourself.

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> Also, I have been reading The Macrobiotic Guide for some time

now and find this is a rich field of inquiry that can improve our

understanding of dietary requirements and how the foods we eat

affect our health.

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> It calls to question an issue that has long been of interest to

me, mainly the way we use scientific information in our teaching.

> You can read in full at

http://www.macrobiotics.co.uk/artorscience.htm

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