Guest guest Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 My original post's formatting got screwed up in transmission. Sorry, here it is again: Lonny Jarrett: " The issue here isn't whether or not you make judgments because you do and one cannot live, or practice CM without doing so. The only issue is how subtle, refined, and conscious are the judgments being made? " The original issue some days ago concerned a handful of practitioners criticizing T/C/T-style acupuncture and incorrectly stating that it is only useful for superficial pain relief and does not address deeper problems. This then somehow evolved into a critique of the moral values of T/C/T practitioners and then morphed further into a discussion about the apparent superiority of - and necessity of utilizing - the personal values and judgments associated with, and demonstrated by, adherents of the Spiral Dynamics theory (google: proselytizing). Now based on an admittedly cursory examination of SD, it appears to me to be a post-modern updating of Nietzsche's übermensch concept (a goal humanity can set for itself - all human life is given meaning by how it advances a new generation of humans) crossed with the Homeland Security Threat Advisory system. This theory may be of use to marketers and business managers but it doesn't strike me personally as very profound or as anything I especially need in order to treat patients - but if it works for others, that's terrific and more power to them. But back to my question of last week: I'm not saying that we shouldn't examine, discuss or argue about aspects of our profession, or that we all just need to get along, but how does judging the values, judgment and morals of practitioners utilizing a classic acupuncture modality in any way further anything or help our profession evolve? Is an argument/discussion along these lines not better suited to a different type of forum? Thoughts? Take care - Kim Om Namah Shivaya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 mmh. go., how; cksa --- On Thu, 2/12/09, Kim Blankenship <kuangguiyu wrote: Kim Blankenship <kuangguiyu Re: Religion, Esoterica and Values - Back (almost) to the original issue - Correction Chinese Medicine Thursday, February 12, 2009, 7:48 PM My original post's formatting got screwed up in transmission. Sorry, here it is again: Lonny Jarrett: " The issue here isn't whether or not you make judgments because you do and one cannot live, or practice CM without doing so. The only issue is how subtle, refined, and conscious are the judgments being made? " The original issue some days ago concerned a handful of practitioners criticizing T/C/T-style acupuncture and incorrectly stating that it is only useful for superficial pain relief and does not address deeper problems. This then somehow evolved into a critique of the moral values of T/C/T practitioners and then morphed further into a discussion about the apparent superiority of - and necessity of utilizing - the personal values and judgments associated with, and demonstrated by, adherents of the Spiral Dynamics theory (google: proselytizing) . Now based on an admittedly cursory examination of SD, it appears to me to be a post-modern updating of Nietzsche's übermensch concept (a goal humanity can set for itself - all human life is given meaning by how it advances a new generation of humans) crossed with the Homeland Security Threat Advisory system. This theory may be of use to marketers and business managers but it doesn't strike me personally as very profound or as anything I especially need in order to treat patients - but if it works for others, that's terrific and more power to them. But back to my question of last week: I'm not saying that we shouldn't examine, discuss or argue about aspects of our profession, or that we all just need to get along, but how does judging the values, judgment and morals of practitioners utilizing a classic acupuncture modality in any way further anything or help our profession evolve? Is an argument/discussion along these lines not better suited to a different type of forum? Thoughts? Take care - Kim Om Namah Shivaya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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