Enhancing Your Life Through Alternative Medicine And Therapy

I've always been impressed by the healing powers of Chi - the vital life force/energy in the body. There are a lot of skeptics out there and I used to be one. But the more you research it and experience its cultivation and manifestation, like in qi gong or tai chi classes, the more you realize that there's more out there that we just don't know. Or maybe at one time in the ancient past we did know but we've lost the old wisdom and we are now a shadow of our former selves. After all, we are only using a tiny percentage of our brain's capability and there's little information on what the pineal gland or third eye can do. I used to hear a lot about the third eye from friends who practiced yoga and meditation, where the sixth chakra (Ajna or third eye) is believed to be some dormant organ that can be awakened to enable telepathic communication. Too good to be true?

Having taken internal martial arts like tai chi and bagua zhang in the past, I've been on the receiving end of chi manipulation and pain received from certain strikes. I do believe in Chi and I believe we all possess it. Chi, when you used for harm, can do great internal damage to the organs. You don't see any bruises on the body, but you feel it inside. Chi can also be used to heal and there are many well documented cases where this has been successful. But like in any field you have your charlatans and quacks. The onus is on you to research, get referrals and ask the right questions when looking to receive alternative therapy. If there are state regulations or boards, contact them to see if the practitioner is licensed or has a history of complaints.

The clip below just amazed me and scared me at the same time. I respect the fact that the doctor was using his gift for healing purposes. I also see that he is really human after all... with egos just like the rest of us. Near the end of the video you'll see that he remembered that he shouldn't be showing off his skill and making it public. Ever since that documentary, he's refused any more students and invitations for interviews. It's true - those who know, don't speak; those who speak, don't know. What scared me, well maybe just a little, are the untapped powers each of us have but are not ready to handle. You don't learn about this stuff in science classes in school. In my opinion, western science works as an Imperial Command-Control system - anything that cannot be logically explained and proven is quackery. The workings of Chi and its manifestation is found in meditation and spirituality, both of which conflict with and have no place in western science as it cannot be seen, studied through a microscope and experimented on. But that's only one part of it. Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners of today also know the inner workings of the human body and their healing arts have been practiced for thousands of years with herbs, massage (tui-na), acupuncture and other secrets that all involve the use of and intimate knowledge of Chi.

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