The Tao – Religion - Feng Shui - Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine 

The Tao

The very nature of life is constant change.
The truth revealed in this moment may not be the same in the next.
Each person and situation presents a unique window into other truths and perspectives. 
In Zen, this is the "Beginners Mind" - where everything experienced is done so as if for the first time. This state of being is not something one can achieve with effort or force of will - it is something that is inherent to our inner nature, existing below the "Cultivated Mind" - that part of us that takes in the rawness of life and conceptualizes, reasons, interprets and judges. This is why they say children are closer to the Kingdom of Heaven - they have no preconceived training that cloud their perceptions of reality. For those who wish to experience life in this way, "The Path" (that "Return to Innocence") leads us Into, Through and Beyond all the false stuff we hold inside.

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A Transmission Beyond the Mind
Concepts, ideas, words - no matter how lofty - were all created by the mind to describe something beyond the mind - the words are not "The Thing" but a symbolic representation of it. We imbue these concepts, ideas and words with our Power, and this and this alone gives them meaning.

The "Truth" is not the words them selves, but in between, behind and beyond the words is an energy, consciousness and vibration carried along with and through them. Perhaps, as you read this web site, you may have a sense of this "Power" that is even now being conveyed. Do you feel it ?
If you have an open mind, you may sense and know this directly.
But if your mind disagrees with the form my outward concepts, ideas or words take, remember, none of it is real, and you will not get hung up - just try to feel whats being conveyed or transmitted between, behind and beyond. And if you like, read a few lines, sit quietly, close your eyes, and simply feel. What comes into your awareness, be it a sensation, a thought, a color, a sound, a knowing, or anything else... this is your truth as it is shining forth from the between, behind and beyond the filters of your own mind (and if you are clear enough, you may even have a direct perception of my truth).

I am not attached to my words "making sense" or "being correct" or "being right". The intention here is to provoke or evoke something in you - to catalyze a shift, a change to your thinking process. If I get you to ask questions - to doubt your conceptual reality and start thinking outside your "comfort zones", outside your "box", I would have succeeded in making our time and effort together here worth while.

On the other hand, the other purpose in sharing all this information here with you is to feed the questioning ravenous ego mind that wants to know know know... "How do I fit this healing into a workable frame of reference, into some sort of understandable “box’?" Perhaps, once that mind is appeased (if even for a moment) then it can let your awareness release, and you may drop down into a deeper state of "Being" - into that peaceful, still, quiet place of "No Mind" and just feel.

Those who live in faith and trust (not needing to know in order to act) can just do the work on an inner feeling or sense of its rightness. In the meanwhile... to coax the reluctant mind into going along with the "Spiritual Plan", some explanations are called for.

Yes, the "Tao" (nor this healing work) cannot (adequately) be put in words or understood in the regular ways things are known. However, the "Truth" of "It" - "Your Truth" - can be known through subjective experience and divine revelation (this being the essence of what I wish to convey to you through the healing work I offer). Perhaps this is the message found behind all the scriptures of all the religions.

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The Message of all Religions
The “One” common message of all religions is essentially about "re-joining" with the Creator - this is by definition what "religion" means. All the different religious texts (that come from Spirit) all basically say the same thing along these lines. However, since this message is given to differing people within the unique language of their understanding, the context of their contemporary culture, according to their members individual temperaments, and finally, taking into account the spiritual evolution (or lack thereof) of the people of the time... the end result may sound, look and feel quite different. This was by design as the Great Spirit knows we are not all alike - many of us have very different ways of perceiving, feeling, understanding and expressing.

It is important to understand that we are not all at the same level of spiritual development. Each one of us is on a very different place on our path, and so, it is no wonder than that (according to everyone’s unique needs) the “One” common message from Spirit filters through the many different peoples of the world - it becomes codified into many (apparently) different religions. However, if one looks carefully - though the words are different - the message underlying the different religions is all the same.

Thus one sees that the messages and guidance were given to those many intermediaries (prophets) who could pass it on to the greater masses of people (those who were not yet open or able to directly receive). Yet the goal of all the true spiritual leaders has always been to bring people up to their level, to empower and enable them to eventually receive the truth directly from spirit - dispensing with the outward teachings, moving beyond the need for an intermediary. What we see now in this era of confusion, fear, and uncertainty, is a reversal of the prophets intentions. Where the people are holding on even stronger to the outward "mental" teachings... they have lost the true message - which is to open the inner sight and direct connection to truth as it is revealed personally to the individual from God.

The labels that people have identified themselves with as they have aligned themselves to the superficial differences of the outer form (black, white, Christian, Jew) has only caused more divisiveness - as the ego-mind has stepped in to take control and reign its judgment one over another. As people of differing religious persuasions continue to argue ("resist not evil"?) and fight against themselves (isn't love, tolerance, kindness the message of all religions?) things are getting worse in the world, as the spread of rampant materialism, greed and fear grows.

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Interconnections - Segues
Throughout my inquiries in writing this site, and in the healing work I do, I have found that everything is connected to everything else - there really is no separation (especially on the higher levels of consciousness and energy). However, for the sake of your mental sanity (the mind likes things to make sense you know) I have tried to compartmentalize or categorize all topics into different headings on different pages. I can only make so many categories till this site runs on and on and I run out of space... so I hope you forgive me as I try to mix and match a few topics in places that may not make sense (like here). Believe me, I understand. Maybe I will add more pages, one just for religion, and one just for Feng Shui and Oriental Medicine.... but for now, just bear with me - the connections are there (if you look for them). So here we go... leaping into.......

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Feng Shui

“Feng Shui” is an intuitive or “scientific” sense of placement, working with symbolic meanings, magnetic influences, energetic dynamics, and the 8 directions. For example, a tree has a different energy field (and symbolic meaning) than a statue, and things placed in the North have a different energetic affect than if oriented to the South. I suppose one could say it is the oriental version of landscaping and interior decoration, but with very different rules to follow. I find that in Feng Shui, there are some similarities to "Geomancy" (which is of Celtic origin) both integrating terrestrial meridian flows – lay lines and such (a sort of “Planetary Acupuncture” application). I believe Feng Shui (and Geomancy) originated from intuitive revelation (like the religions) and further evolved with scientific observation, yet in many cases it has become an outer teaching and (like every thing else traditional) has become an institution (also like the religions). This is not necessarily bad (there is a kernel of truth in all things) but I feel that one should also consider presenting such concerns (question about interior decorations and placement) to a Spiritual Guide (they see things so much clearer). We have even come up with some interesting multi-dimensional perspectives "outside of the box" (where there is often a need for a little “Ghost Busting”).

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Acupuncture

The underlining principle behind acupuncture is that all life is made up of energy, and that diseases are generally caused by an imbalance of this life energy within the body. Acupuncture works on the body by stimulating certain energy points and lines of force (meridians) thereby restoring the natural balance and healthy flow of life energy. As the physical body mirrors or manifests the deeper imbalances present in the energy-mind-spirit, it is thought that by merely manipulating the meridian flows one can affect a complete healing of the body, mind and spirit. However, the meridian flows only exist on one energetic dimensional level, whereas the human soul exists and functions on many dimensions of energy and consciousness. In my own studies, I intuited that many causes of disease came from levels not connected to or affected by the manipulation of the meridian flows alone, but from other levels of energy and consciousness altogether. The inquisitive acupuncturist that I was (and to better serve my patients) I felt it my duty to find any other healing methods that would affect a change on these other levels.

A Curious Experiment
A short time after I graduated from acupuncture school, I began to experiment with energy healing without using needles. A friend had given me a crystal pendulum (see Dowsing), and I was holding this on the points and meridians over his body. At different places, the pendulum would swing clockwise, counter-clockwise, longitudinally... and my friend would feel the energy move in ways that were similar to the effects that the acupuncture needles would normally have, even better!

"Wow, this is interesting. How far can I go with this?" (I thought).

I held a box of patent formula herbs on the chest of another one of my clients and held the pendulum over it and watched it swing, and my client reported feeling the herbs sink into her chest, opening and clearing it (hmmmm).

"What would happen if I didn’t use the pendulum but only used my hand instead?"

Sure enough, I got the same results (some even more interesting, some different than others). Then the idea dawned on me to do this energy work without touching the person, from a distance across the room. So I started to practice.... I approached one of my friends (who did Reiki healing) and asked him if he would be so kind as to be my guinea pig for this mad experiment of mine (I have practiced on a lot of trusting souls over these past few years... haven't lost anyone yet, cross my fingers). Well, after the session he asked me if I ever received any Reiki initiations or training, as what I did with him felt similar to it, even more powerful. I said no, I have never received any Reiki before. Another interesting piece of the puzzle.... 

Why I Left Acupuncture
So... if I could work with the energies of the body without needles, why do acupuncture? (In China, this method of healing is called "Chi Kung" - Chi=energy, Kung=work). Why not just focus directly on the energies without all those invasive needles? Does this make sense to you? (Sure did to me). Who cared what tools I used, just as long as I achieved the same if not better results. Eventually, I got the idea that I should let go of the old form of using needles in my healing work, and just focus on practicing and developing this new way. It has taken a lot of courage and faith to let go of 3+ years of schooling (plus the legitimacy my licenses gave). Many people think acupuncture is far out there on the fringes of medical practice... yet the energy and higher consciousness work I was about to step into was beyond even that (but I just knew that the risks I was taking were worth it). With oriental medicine, I found I had reached the ceiling of its effectiveness (for me and my clients)... it could only take us so far. When I discovered the existence of this inner spirit world, and then found out that I could work with it... a whole new mystery was laid before me to uncover. And here we are. (When I was a kid, one of the things I wanted to be was an archeologist... I think this will do the trick).

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