Acupuncture as Energy Medicine
Acupuncture seems to be an energetic-based system. At the same time it is also physical medicine. Best of both worlds! So versatile. But isn't everything physical just really dense energy anyways? So purely physical medicine could be considered energy medicine in a sense as well, although it would seem to lack the versatility of accessing that energy in a less-dense form.
And yes, it seems rather effective as an energy medicine! (I just noticed that the blog assignment actually had "Effective" in there.) It seems to provide tools for accessing that energy, even if we are unable to do so directly on our own.
What conclusions can you draw from Kirlian photography?
They're nice and colorful! Hopefully I will have a better idea after our little field trip on Wednesday...
Human intent as it affects health
As the old saying goes, "mind over matter". Although as with anything, I think it really depends on the person - I would think some people are more easily affected by their minds, while others not so much. But generally I think the power of our minds seems to be underestimated, and undervalued - so it is not used to its fullest extent, even in health and healing.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
Week 10: Life and Living Systems
I know I'm a "living system" because...
every morning when I open my eyes, I experience sensory input and output. Light, temperature, sensation, breath, sound of the alarm, thoughts, memories...all come slowly flooding in. And that's not to say that my dreams don't seem as real at the time, there just seems to be something missing there, something I can't easily put my finger on...
Biophysics and Oriental Medicine
They both could be called the science of life, and of living systems. They both deal with the microcosm within the macrocosm. They both look at the whole, living system rather than just reductionistic pieces. Good stuff.
every morning when I open my eyes, I experience sensory input and output. Light, temperature, sensation, breath, sound of the alarm, thoughts, memories...all come slowly flooding in. And that's not to say that my dreams don't seem as real at the time, there just seems to be something missing there, something I can't easily put my finger on...
Biophysics and Oriental Medicine
They both could be called the science of life, and of living systems. They both deal with the microcosm within the macrocosm. They both look at the whole, living system rather than just reductionistic pieces. Good stuff.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Week 9: Towards a New Synthesis
My E-Prime Day
(I got up. I got ready for the day. The sun was shining. I headed off to work. I worked, I ate, I played. I came home and did my homework. Early to bed...)
"My body that I seem to inhabit appeared to shift from a horizontal position to a vertical one. I appeared to scrub myself clean and put on layers one by one. Electromagnetic radiation seemed to emanate from a point in the sky onto my bodily senses. I appeared to motor on down the blackrock surface. I seemed to make the moves that brought in the money, put veggies down my gullet, the corners of my mouth streaked up and I seemed to make chortling sounds. I appeared to retrace my steps in the opposite direction as this morning, arriving right where I started from, and appeared to push buttons on this shiny metallic thing, ending with the one labeled 'enter return'. Zzzz...zzzz...the hands pointed not yet to 10 and 12."
Ok, no idea if that is at all legit or what...
Can I synthesize East and West?
Throw in North and South there as well, and you can get the NEWS. Well, it is duality, East and West, two polar and complementary aspects of a unified whole - the idea of yin yang...although that is an Eastern concept, not necessarily readily embraced by the West. So...not easily done. Still working on it.
(I got up. I got ready for the day. The sun was shining. I headed off to work. I worked, I ate, I played. I came home and did my homework. Early to bed...)
"My body that I seem to inhabit appeared to shift from a horizontal position to a vertical one. I appeared to scrub myself clean and put on layers one by one. Electromagnetic radiation seemed to emanate from a point in the sky onto my bodily senses. I appeared to motor on down the blackrock surface. I seemed to make the moves that brought in the money, put veggies down my gullet, the corners of my mouth streaked up and I seemed to make chortling sounds. I appeared to retrace my steps in the opposite direction as this morning, arriving right where I started from, and appeared to push buttons on this shiny metallic thing, ending with the one labeled 'enter return'. Zzzz...zzzz...the hands pointed not yet to 10 and 12."
Ok, no idea if that is at all legit or what...
Can I synthesize East and West?
Throw in North and South there as well, and you can get the NEWS. Well, it is duality, East and West, two polar and complementary aspects of a unified whole - the idea of yin yang...although that is an Eastern concept, not necessarily readily embraced by the West. So...not easily done. Still working on it.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Week 8: Classical Physics
First Off A Little Study Break!
Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMsO5DVz_0A
He doesn't actually start playing billiards until Part 3 of 3, but there are pentagrams and jam sessions to start off with...a rather fun, and perhaps somewhat un-Disneylike, excursion into the magical world of math.
Now back to our regular programming...
Newton's Three Laws and me
Interestingly enough, Newton's three laws always make me think of driving in a car. I say interestingly enough because, so far as I am aware, there were no cars around in Newton's day.
The first law - the law of inertia - implies that without a net force, I am either at rest in my car, or my car is moving forward at a constant velocity.
The second law - f=ma - implies that the force applied to my car and me, in this case sort of by my foot, produces a proportional acceleration.
The third law - for every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction - (which, btw, to me has to be one of the most important, well-known, little nuggets of concise wisdom, up there along with Kong Zi's "Do unto others as you would have them do unto") - makes me think of two cars colliding head on, although not necessarily my car. Or perhaps the space shuttle lifting off. Which again was not around in Sir Newton's time.
Our "Energy Efficient" Culture
Perhaps energy is never wasted, just converted into another form, such as heat, but I find it hard to believe that our culture is energy efficient when there are so many stores and restaurants that one goes into that have the AC turned up so high that it is freezing inside, whether it is hot or even just moderate outside, as is often the case here. Just boggles my mind.
Descartes has a lot to answer for!
Yes! His ideas that the body is like a machine, that there is a separation of mind and body, and that animals feel no pain all continue to have significant impacts on our medicine and science to this present day.
Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMsO5DVz_0A
He doesn't actually start playing billiards until Part 3 of 3, but there are pentagrams and jam sessions to start off with...a rather fun, and perhaps somewhat un-Disneylike, excursion into the magical world of math.
Now back to our regular programming...
Newton's Three Laws and me
Interestingly enough, Newton's three laws always make me think of driving in a car. I say interestingly enough because, so far as I am aware, there were no cars around in Newton's day.
The first law - the law of inertia - implies that without a net force, I am either at rest in my car, or my car is moving forward at a constant velocity.
The second law - f=ma - implies that the force applied to my car and me, in this case sort of by my foot, produces a proportional acceleration.
The third law - for every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction - (which, btw, to me has to be one of the most important, well-known, little nuggets of concise wisdom, up there along with Kong Zi's "Do unto others as you would have them do unto") - makes me think of two cars colliding head on, although not necessarily my car. Or perhaps the space shuttle lifting off. Which again was not around in Sir Newton's time.
Our "Energy Efficient" Culture
Perhaps energy is never wasted, just converted into another form, such as heat, but I find it hard to believe that our culture is energy efficient when there are so many stores and restaurants that one goes into that have the AC turned up so high that it is freezing inside, whether it is hot or even just moderate outside, as is often the case here. Just boggles my mind.
Descartes has a lot to answer for!
Yes! His ideas that the body is like a machine, that there is a separation of mind and body, and that animals feel no pain all continue to have significant impacts on our medicine and science to this present day.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Week 7: Chaos Theory
"Ordered Chaos" - does this sound familiar?
I'm sure my family would say this describes me very well - perhaps the microcosm within the macrocosm...
Fractals as patterns of complex systems
Amazing how fractals' perimeters keep getting infinitely larger as you zoom in, yet the area is finite - worlds within worlds. And even more amazing how that applies to coastlines, mountains, clouds, and even turbulence - crazy.
Consciousness out of chaos?
Consciousness has to arise out of somewhere, and sooner or later all that chaos has to lead to something clicking together...
"Cool experiment"
We checked out the spoons one night at dinner while waiting for food...everyone was surprised! The convex side (back) has the rightside-up image, while the concave (inside bowl) side gives you the upside-down one. We theorized that because of the shape of the spoon, the image is inverted because your chin reflects off the top part that is facing it, while your forehead reflects off the bottom that is opposite - hence an upside-down image.
And while we did not have any actual balls of two different sizes, we theorized about that experiment as well, about what would happen if you had two identical balls, and what would happen if you changed the diameter (increased air drag) or the mass (greater pull of gravity) of the balls...
I'm sure my family would say this describes me very well - perhaps the microcosm within the macrocosm...
Fractals as patterns of complex systems
Amazing how fractals' perimeters keep getting infinitely larger as you zoom in, yet the area is finite - worlds within worlds. And even more amazing how that applies to coastlines, mountains, clouds, and even turbulence - crazy.
Consciousness out of chaos?
Consciousness has to arise out of somewhere, and sooner or later all that chaos has to lead to something clicking together...
"Cool experiment"
We checked out the spoons one night at dinner while waiting for food...everyone was surprised! The convex side (back) has the rightside-up image, while the concave (inside bowl) side gives you the upside-down one. We theorized that because of the shape of the spoon, the image is inverted because your chin reflects off the top part that is facing it, while your forehead reflects off the bottom that is opposite - hence an upside-down image.
And while we did not have any actual balls of two different sizes, we theorized about that experiment as well, about what would happen if you had two identical balls, and what would happen if you changed the diameter (increased air drag) or the mass (greater pull of gravity) of the balls...
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