anti intelllectualism

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In a message dated 7/22/04 2:02:58 AM,

Chinese Medicine writes:

 

<< Chinese medicine is a literary tradition, like it or not. There are

 

too many people with an anti-intellectual bias in our field. Without

 

continuing scholarship, as has been the standard for 2000 years,

 

Chinese medicine cannot survive merely on 'experience'. >>

 

Lon: I dont think I can be accused of having an anti-intellectual bias. But,

simply, the literary tradition of CM, as significant as it may be, is not its

cutting edge, or its best part.

As a practitioner of martial arts for 27 years, a meditator, and a

fulltime practitioner for nearly 20 years I'll always value authentic

communication

of direct experience above intellectual or technical knowledge.

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Chinese Medicine ,

Spiritpathpress@a... wrote:

>

> In a message dated 7/22/04 2:02:58 AM,

> Chinese Medicine writes:

>

> << Chinese medicine is a literary tradition, like it or not.

There are

>

> too many people with an anti-intellectual bias in our field.

Without

>

> continuing scholarship, as has been the standard for 2000 years,

>

> Chinese medicine cannot survive merely on 'experience'. >>

>

> Lon: I dont think I can be accused of having an anti-intellectual

bias. But,

> simply, the literary tradition of CM, as significant as it may be,

is not its

> cutting edge, or its best part.

 

IMHO, I agree that our literary tradition, by definition, is not at

the cutting edge, but I do think it represents the " best part " of

our knowledge to date both in quality and quantity with respect to

how we are to procede from here.

 

Shanna

 

 

> As a practitioner of martial arts for 27 years, a meditator,

and a

> fulltime practitioner for nearly 20 years I'll always value

authentic communication

> of direct experience above intellectual or technical knowledge.