Guest guest Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 My shamanism teacher told me to always wear silver on the left side of the body. So far, in three years, I haven't felt drained by a single patient. In fact, I feel energized. His explanation is that the left is the qi-receiving side, and the silver helps to protect or " filter " the incoming qi. I think of the healer's relationship to the patient's qi as one of induction: the energy in the patient's system should not come in direct contact with the healer, but should set up a sympathetic current in the healer, so that you are attuned to the patient's needs and not overwhelmed by their sick qi. Many people mistakenly " plug in " to their patients, and, not surprisingly, get burned out on the whole healing thing. I also learned a centering practice in craniosacral class: before treatment, focus attention on (in this order): 1) all that is above, 2) all that is below, 3) to the left, 4) to the right, 5) in front, 6) behind, 7) exterior of your body, 8) interior of your body. This scanning should take just a few seconds, but helps somehow to clear your mind and bring you to the present moment. A daily awareness meditation practice also helps. Benjamin Hawes, MAOM, Lic. Ac., CORTEZ FAMILY ACUPUNCTURE 1430 E. Main Street, Suite #4 Cortez, CO 81321 (970) 565-0230 > > Message: 9 > Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:44:42 +0100 > " " < > Take caution when facing someone with extremely negative Qi > > Hi Mike, & All, > > Mike Liaw wrote: > > Dermot, It's not weird. I share the same experience in using Qi > > Gong in acupuncture. I do take caution when facing someone with > > extremely negative Qi. (You will see what I mean when you encounter > > one, if you haven't already run into it.) Mike L. > > Mike, (and others interested), could you elaborate, please? > > The topic of handling (being able to protect oneself from) strong > negative Qi is relevant for colleagues on LIKEMList (a sister-List). > > May I have your permission to cross-post your reply there? > > > > Best regards, > > Email: < > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 If qi can flow by a dynamics all it's own, on set pathways, from a higher, or denser to a lower, or rarer gradient, inside the same body, then given the right circumstance, it can also do so, from one body, to another separate one. If the healer has a weakened, or ill system, and this can be in the physical as well as the emotional, or even a spiritual domain, ill qi may pervade it, whether it comes from an environment, as in a charged electromagnetic field in a house near an electric substation with overhead transformers; or a person who has chaotic and pernicious qi in abundance. The only way this may not happen is when the qi gradient in the healer, is in a sense, greater, higher, more substantial than that in the person in apposition. This pervasion can be sectoral, as in from the sides, if the Shaoyang is weakened by a loosened Dai; frontal, if the Ren is in disarray; from the rear, if the Du and Yangqiao are in abeyance. To my mind the greatest vulnerability in a healer comes about if the emotional, rather than the corporeal, and the spiritual, rather than the emotional, components are in a state of disarray. In other words, a healer may be in great deficiency of somatic qi, but in a sound emotional and spiritual state, he or she is well protected and invulnerable. Over ages the concept of qi-stealing has presented in many forms, the one of the vampire being a prime example, when one body draws Blood qi directly out of the prime point ST 9, Ren Ying, with the very suggestive name, 'Man Welcome', in case someone misses the message. While emotional here may mean a simple depressive state, or the like, spiritual would mean someone who has strayed by intent or accident, into the Forbidden Realms. Dr. Holmes Keikobad MB BS DPH Ret. DIP AC NCCAOM LIC AC CO & AZ www.acu-free.com - 15 CEUS by video. NCCAOM reviewed. Approved in CA & most states. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 Dear Dr. Keikobad > To my mind the greatest vulnerability in a healer comes about if the > emotional, rather than the corporeal, and the spiritual, rather than >the emotional, components are in a state of disarray. I believe that this is a great way to look at the issue. > In other words, a healer may be in great deficiency of somatic qi, >but in a sound emotional > and spiritual state, he or she is well protected and invulnerable. I am not sure about invulnerable, but I beleive your point is very well taken. I believe that every person has 'life issues " that affect all levels of being. That appears to be what life is all about. But I certainly concur that sound emotional and spiritual state may take precedence over physical since it is deeper and more profound. Practices such as qigong and qigong are designed to support all levels of being - but I have found that the effects can be positive or negative, depending upon how a practitioner approaches it. > > While emotional here may mean a simple depressive state, or the >like, spiritual would mean someone who has strayed by intent or >accident, into the Forbidden Realms. I do not think there are " accidents " in life. There are just different paths followed by different lives. We may be have the ability to " intend " to go in a given direction, but we have very little " control " over the results. :-) Regards, Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 > Rich: > I do not think there are " accidents " in life. There are just different > paths followed by different lives. We may be have the ability to > " intend " to go in a given direction, but we have very little " control " > over the results. :-) > > There actually are, accidents, and they happen to people with the finest intent in terms of seeking something spiritually sublime. In many parts of the world I met people sitting at the feet of masters, or engaged in their Schools, or following the ways and means. Horribly, the first dictum was to " leave Will " , which is one's Fire Shen, at the doorstep, and become string-pulled puppets. The Won't lives in murky Waters so that the Will will be at hand in the Fire's glow, and stand in stead, warding off Age and scrabbly marks on the Karmic Page. These folk were often initiated into the Hundred Time Million Mantra, so that they reverberated nothing else within, and the sound they created over the years, finally took over their Soul. Such folk, good hearts, would turn in the world, out after years, open at the sides, bewildered at their vulnerability, open for slaughter by the smallest aspiritual onslaught. For healers who put in needles, and open a direct portal to qi, there can be no better protection than a sound soul in a stable heart, with freely flowing LV Blood, born of the flourishing Deep, and finding expression and impression in a stalwart Heart. Dr. Holmes Keikobad MB BS DPH Ret. DIP AC NCCAOM LIC AC CO & AZ www.acu-free.com - 15 CEUS by video. NCCAOM reviewed. Approved in CA & most states. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 Hi Dr. Keikobad, > > There actually are, accidents, and they happen to people with the > >finest intent in terms of seeking something spiritually sublime. Yep, there are lots of things I do in my life that doesn't turn out as intended. Maybe everything. But if nothing I ever do turns out exactly as I intended (this may be very close to the truth), then everything I do is an " accident " . But then it is no longer an " accident " . :-) > > For healers who put in needles, and open a direct portal to qi, >there can be no better protection than a sound soul in a stable >heart, with freely flowing LV Blood, born of the flourishing Deep, >and finding expression and impression in a stalwart Heart. > Maybe so. But how does one get there and if one gets there, how does one know that they are there? Heck, another problem for philosophers. :-) Regards, Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 Re: RE: protecting your qi Hi Doc ! I remember about 32 years ago, when I started to treat my first patients, sometimes after the treatment with acupuncture or shiatsu, I got the same symptoms as my patients. First after years when I began to practice “Tai shi “ these phenomena’s never again appeared. I realized that there must be a connection; maybe this is what you mean by Protecting qui. Regards H.Peter Centro de Medicina Oriental Acupunctura,Laserterapia,Shiatsu, Dr.H.Peter Nussbaumer 351 269 827272 +351 967 044284 medoriental. <For healers who put in needles, and open a direct portal to <qi, there can be <no <better protection than a sound soul in a stable heart, with <freely flowing <LV Blood, born <of the flourishing Deep, and finding expression and impression <in a stalwart <Heart. Dr. Holmes Keikobad MB BS DPH Ret. DIP AC NCCAOM LIC AC CO & AZ www.acu-free.com - 15 CEUS by video. NCCAOM reviewed. Approved in CA & most states. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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