Good Vibrations!

Are all vibrations good?

The answer to any absolute question is no. All of anything is neither good nor bad. I think after hearing the story of the bridge, we can tell that vibrations don't always have good results. Does that necessarily mean that the vibrations are bad, though? Maybe, maybe not. In that particular case it was certainly an unfortunate mix of vibrations that had some fairly disastrous results. Poor Tubby!

One of the most enjoyable trips I took while in India was to a place called the Ellora Caves. It's a series of caves carved out of the Ellora Mountains. Among them, the most spectacular one is called the Vishwakarma Cave. It's 150 deep, 30 feet high and carved completely by hand by Buddhist monks. The ceiling is designed to appear as wooden planks. (I think it looks like an upside down boat.) In the rear of the cave is a fifteen foot high statue of a sitting Buddha, also carved out of the mountain. Not carved and brought in, but carved where he sits. But that's not the most amazing thing about this particular cave. Along the cave, bout ten feet in from the wall, are a series of columns. Again, the cave was carved around these columns. The monks used to worship the Buddha and make music by slapping their hands against the columns. Each one makes a different tone. It's one of the most amazing and beautiful places I have ever visited. There's a case of vibrations quite clearly being a good thing. However, what would happen if the vibration of one of the columns was to match the vibration of the mountain? If the rules we learned last week can apply, down would come the Ellora Caves and that would be an example of a very bad result of vibration.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellora

Resonance in my world

I like the two aspects of resonance that we talked about. There are some sounds I adore, just for the resonance of them. Cello music, for example. However, I’m going to spend my energy talking about that other resonance. That feeling of connectedness with something, someone, someplace. I was raised in a Catholic home. It was an ongoing struggle for me through Catholic school. The teachings simply didn’t make sense to me in any way. I was constantly butting up against the priest on even simple details of the teachings. I just did not resonate with the Catholic concept of the Christ. Many years later I had the occasion to be introduced to the teachings of Meher Baba. It was interesting that for me, it was a moment of such amazing clarity. I connected immediately and felt so perfectly at home. I resonate perfectly with Baba. I think we all have experiences like that in our lives where we meet someone and feel instantly connected or unfortunately feel instantly at odds. I can say the same for certain places.

Connections I can make between energy and Qi

When I’m treating patients, I explain Qi to them by describing it as energy. I explain Qi as energy and describe the channels as the pathways by which that energy flows through the body. It seems to make sense to most patients, especially in terms of stagnation. I describe the organs as having both their physiological function and a “personality” that we can use to predict things like stagnation and deficiency. I’m very linear and I function best with tangible understanding of how things work so for me, this explanation of Qi works very well.