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"…In energy medicine, energy IS the medicine. And in energy medicine,
this medicine is APPLIED to the body's energies. Energy HEALS, and energy
systems ARE HEALED."
-Donna Eden in Energy
Medicine
"…the fact that we have entered an energetic era in which we will
redefine our understanding of ourselves. Soon we will come to know ourselves
as multi-sensory, rendering obsolete the belief that we are five-sense
creatures. No longer will we speculate about whether our thoughts and
emotions have creative authority within our cell tissue; we will come to
consider that form of perception as one of the central truths of life. We
will view as ordinary such treatments as laying on of hands and the use of
healing oils and sounds, the belief that repressing an illness through drugs
is of use to the healing process will come to be seen as harmful rather than
as beneficial."
- Caroline
Myss, Ph.D. in
the foreword to Energy Medicine (Donna Eden and David Feinstein)
"Major centers of both electromagnetic activity and vital energy are
recognized in indigenous cultures the world over. In the Huna tradition of
Hawaii, they are called "auw" centers; in the Cabala, they are the
"tree of life"; in the Taoist Chinese tradition, the term in
"dantien" and in Yogic theory, they are called
"chakras".
- William Collinger in Subtle Energies
"Anyone who is aware of the recent trends in medicine will realize
that modern physicians, like the physicians before them, have begun to
deal with finer and finer forms of energy both in the diagnosis and
treatment of human illness. This trend can only continue. It is sure to
bring with it the recognition of increasingly subtle expressions of our
minds and bodies, which will require correspondingly subtler approaches
in therapy."
- Larry Dossey, MD, author
of Space, Time and Medicine (in his review of Vibrational Medicine:
New Choices for Healing Ourselves by Richard Gerber, MD)
"When all your energies are brought into harmony, your body flourishes.
And when your body flourishes, your soul has a soil in which it can blossom
in the world. These are the ultimate reasons for energy medicine--to prepare
the soil and nurture the blossom."
- Donna Eden in Energy
Medicine
"Electrical oscillations in the skin above the chakras are in the
frequency of 100-1,600 cycles/second as contrasted with 0-100 in the brain,
225 in the muscles and 250 in the heart."
-From a study by Dr. Valerie
Hunt as summarized in Vibrational Medicine: New Choices for Healing
Ourselves by Richard Gerber, MD
"The tissues which compose our physical form are fed not only by
oxygen, glucose and chemical nutrients but also by high vibrational energies
which endow the physical form with the properties of life and creative
expression."
- Gabriel
Cousens, MD, in Spiritual
Nutrition and the Rainbow Diet
"I sing the body electric."
- Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
E=mc2
- Albert Einstein
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"Energy is All There Is" begins the first chapter of Donna
Eden's recent book with David Feinstein, Energy Medicine: Balance Your
Body's Energies for Optimum Health, Joy, and Vitality.
"Your body is designed to heal itself. The ability of a body to
maintain its health and overcome illness is, in fact, among nature's most
remarkable feats. But you've been placed in a world that systematically
interferes with this natural capacity, and your conscious involvement in
your health is required if you are to truly prosper."
Eden's book shows readers how to work with the electromagnetic and more
subtle energies that give the body life. As Eden sees it, these energies are
the foundation for your health and well-being and are your body's fuel and
its atmosphere. Our connection to the earth itself is evident in her analogy:
"You were spawned within Earth's electromagnetic, gravitational, and
nuclear fields. You were raised under the sun's life-giving rays. Your own
energy systems, such as your meridians (your body's energy pathways) and
chakras (your body's energy centers), emit electromagnetic energy and
light."
Eden defines Energy Medicine as the art and science of fostering physical,
psychological and spiritual health and well-being. It combines a rational
knowledge and intuitive understanding of the energies of the body and in the
environment. According to Eden, the return of energy medicine is one of the
most significant cultural developments of the day; "for the return of
energy medicine is a return to personal authority for health care. A return
to the legacy of our ancestors in harmonizing with the forces of nature, and
a return to practices that are natural, friendly, and familiar to the body,
mind and soul."
Like others in the practice of energy medicine, Donna Eden reminds us that
this is NOT NEW STUFF. "Numerous cultures describe a matrix of subtle
energies that support, shape and animate the physical body." This
"energy" is called qi or chi in China, prana in the yogic
traditions of India and Tibet, yesod in the Jewish Cabalistic tradition, ki
in Japan, baroha by the Sufis, wakan by the Lakotas, meghe by the Itura
pygmies and Holy Spirit in Christian tradition.
To Caroline Myss, medical intuitive and author, our growing understanding
of energy is a path for our spiritual healing. Myss writes in the
Introduction to her book, Why People Don't Heal and How They Can:
"While illness can help you find your essential sacredness, your
oneness with God, humanity, and all living creatures, you don't have to
become ill in order to begin to understand your spirit and heal your life.
…People begin to see and understand themselves as sacred through learning
about what I call energy medicine. According to energy medicine, the human
spirit is a manifestation of energy. We all have seven energy centers in our
bodies, which in the Hindu system are call chakras. Each chakra roughly
corresponds to a location in the physical body. I like to think of the
chakras as energetic computer disks or data banks that collect information
of all sorts. In my work I have discovered that these seven energy centers
correspond to the various life issues and challenges with which the seven
sacraments of Christianity and the ten sefirot of the Tree of Life in the
Jewish Kabalistic tradition are also meant to help us. Our spirit grows into
maturity and increasing self-understanding through seven stages of spiritual
development. As we progress through these stages, we gain different kinds of
personal power. The chakras - and their counterparts in the sacraments and
the Tree of Life - mark an inner path of spiritual evolution. They form the
steps on an unfolding of our personal path toward awakening a higher
consciousness. Learning the language of the chakras and nurturing these
spiritual qualities can simultaneously strengthen our physical bodies and
help us heal illness or maintain health"
Explains Myss, "The chakras are vertically aligned from the base of
the spine to the crown of the head, suggesting that we ascend toward the
Divine by gradually mastering the seductive pull of the material world. At
each stage we gain a more refined understanding of personal and spiritual
power, since each chakra represents a spiritual life-lesson or challenge
common to all human beings. Although the chakra system was developed in the
East and served as the basis for certain Hindu, Buddhist, and Taoist
teachings, the kinds of energy they describe are congruent with the energy
defined by the sefirot of the Kabbalah and are meant to be managed by the
Christian sacraments."
Richard M. Chin, MD, OMD in his book, The Energy Within: The Science
behind every oriental therapy from acupuncture to yoga states profoundly
that "everyone agrees that the world around us is not what it seems to
be." Chin defines energy as the basis of cell life. It comprises and
links everything in the universe, from the stars in the sky to the atoms that
make up the stars-all we can see and all we can not. Chin explains further
that as parts of the universe, we, too, are comprised of energy, our own
inner energy being simply a reflection of the greater play of energies in the
universe as a whole. Energetics, explains Chin, is the science of
understanding and harmonizing this universal energy, thus keeping our minds
and bodies in maximum health and illness free.
Chin notes that Eastern and Western medicine hold extremely divergent
views, each with its own strength and weakness. His hope is that East and
West come to accept each other's strengths and weaknesses and in doing so,
create a true holistic medicine. In the foreword to his book, Chin comments:
"As we head toward the 21st century, I believe physicians
worldwide will begin to agree that the human organism is actually a matrix
of interesting multi-dimensional energy fields. New methods of faster, safer
diagnoses will become available as we start to realize that via our own
natural energy, we have the power to diagnose and heal illness ever more
effectively than the sophisticated machines we have created--and without
harmful side effects."
According to Chin, Western, Ancient Chinese, and Indian tradition all say
the same thing but in different words; that is,
- Energy, despite its limitless manifestation, all comes from one
universal source.
- Movement of energy is the basis of life. In order for energy to move it
must have an inherent polarity relationship; that is, it must have
something or somewhere to move to.
- Matter is an expression of energy and vice versa. It can be neither
created nor destroyed, only transformed into another form of energy.
- All things are manifestations of energy, including us; that is, all
things are essentially 'living' things in that energy flows through them
despite our inability to observe this phenomenon directly.
- The difference between what we describe as 'animate' and 'inanimate' is
only the result of our own illusions.
Gabriel Cousens, MD, in the introduction to Vibrational Medicine (Richard Gerber, MD), describes a new world for medicine. "As we
shift from the materialistic, mechanistic, Newtonian worldview to the
Einsteinian, quantum mechanical holism, medicine and the people who practice
it will also change. We will newly embrace the holistic view that has been
with us for thousands of years. It is an understanding that not only does the
healer see health from a holistic perspective as part of an overall
relationship with the universe, but the healer lives as an example of such a
whole and harmonious way." Cousens goes on to explain that this can be
witnessed around the world. "I saw this being actively practiced by some
Ayruvedic physicians in India and heard about it in Taoist healers; also
American Indian medicine men/women, and Hunza healers. In our Western culture
it has been practiced for over 2,000 years by the Essenes, who produced such
healers as John the Baptist, John the Divine and of course, Jesus. This
tradition reemerged round the 1400s from Constantine the African, who studied
Essence texts….It is important to understand that this type of healing
which the healer shares comes from their own harmony and love. It is a holism
that is not based on the latest far-out diagnostic tool, or on one or two
progressive healing approaches, but from the perception of being involved in
every aspect of the healing."
In his chapter "Personal and Planetary Evolution" (Vibrational
Medicine: New Choices for Healing Ourselves), Richard Gerber, MD states
his conclusions: "It might be said that the physician/healer are
evolving into a new type of priesthood. At the end of this evolutionary
process, the eventual physician/healer will combine the highest knowledge of
both the ancient mystery religions and modern science to promote healing at
all possible levels."
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