Game of Go is a metaphor for Chinese medicine RE: Christopher

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Christopher,

What you wrote reminds me of the game of Weiqi (Mandarin) / Go (Japanese) vs

European Chess.

The game of Go is very easy to play, but very difficult to be good at (like

Chinese medicine).

 

Like Chess, derived from either India 6th century CE or China 2nd century

BC,

Go is one of the oldest continued games in the history of humankind

(from literature earlier than 548 BC, mythically 2337-2258 BC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(board_game)

 

Chess has more rules, but is not as complex as Go.

Computers can beat the best Chess players in the world, but they still

haven't created a computer

program that can beat the best Go players in the world.

 

That's how I see our medicine also. Easy, but not easy.

 

By the way, playing " Go was considered one of the four cultivated

arts<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Arts_of_the_Chinese_Scholar>of

the Chinese

scholar gentleman <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junzi>, along with

calligraphy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_calligraphy>,

painting<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_painting>and playing the

musical instrument

guqin <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guqin>.[8]

" <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_%28board_game%29#cite_note-FourAccomp-7>

 

There is esoteric symbology in the 361 intersticies on the Go board (the one

in the middle is empty) = 360 and the 360 degrees of the year and the 360

points on our body's matrix. The game of Go was featured in the movie " PI "

by Darren Aronofsky

http://www.pithemovie.com/go.html

 

I stink at playing the game, which is a good thing. Because my uncle almost

got kicked out of the house for playing the game 12 hours/ day.

 

So, like my zen teacher says, you can spend many lifetimes just becoming

aware of your original nature.

Easy to say, but hard to do.

 

K.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Christopher Vedeler L.Ac. <

vedeler wrote:

 

> I've been following this tread with some interest. Yes TCM school is

> easier than medical school. I have little doubt of that. Our medicine

> rarely deals with life and death decisions and does not require the same

> level of training and pressure. I think it is foolish to expect Chinese

> medical practioners to expect the same level of respect and pay as MD's

> who work 18 hour shifts knee deep in blood and guts who's slightest

> mistake can cause serious harm or death.

>

> However, Chinese medicine is elegant and extremely effective for some

> conditions. I have had success where Western medicine has failed

> completely. What I do is of value, and while not as demanding on me as

> Western Medicine would be, at the end of the day it is the results in

> the patients lives that matter.

>

> I remember the days when IBM PC users would look down on Macintosh users

> because they thought the easier to use interface was like a toy and

> couldn't be considered a serious computer because it wasn't hard like

> DOS. In the end a harder process does not necessarily provide better

> results.

>

> Christopher Vedeler L.Ac.

> Oasis Acupuncture

> http://www.oasisacupuncture.com

> 9832 N. Hayden Rd.

> Suite 215

> Scottsdale, AZ 85258

> Phone: (480) 991-3650

>

>

>

 

 

 

--

aka Mu bong Lim

Father of Bhakti

 

The Four Reliances:

Do not rely upon the individual, but rely upon the teaching.

As far as teachings go, do not rely upon the words alone, but rely upon the

meaning that underlies them.

Regarding the meaning, do not rely upon the provisional meaning alone, but

rely upon the definitive meaning.

And regarding the definitive meaning, do not rely upon ordinary

consciousness, but rely upon wisdom awareness.