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8/2/18 Acupuncture as effective energy medicine Acupuncture is definitely effective energy medicine. Acupuncture can help restore qi flow and balance the body’s meridians. And it’s when we achieve a greater sense of balanced qi flow harmony and vitality is restored. I feel like in order to help others with this as an acupuncturist, we first need to work on unblocking restrictions in our own bodies. I believe there are a variety of ways of doing this and the way one goes about doing this may be different for each of us.   Yiquan is a martial art developed in China that I recently learned about. I’ve been working with this for a short time so far and have felt the benefits in my body. When I practice Yiquan I can feel the qi begin to flow in my body and I feel more balanced. I work with a teacher who incorporates cranio-sacral therapy in her acupuncture practice, I would say she relies on certain palpatory techniques to guide her practice. There are various “listening station...

7/30/18 I know I am a living system because..... Wow! Crazy how things can become not so black and white when you begin to look into what is considered a living thing. According to NASA, all living things share a carbon based chemistry, depend on water, or leave behind a fossil with carbon or sulfur isotopes that point to a past metabolism. Scientists struggle to define "life." From what I have read so far, it seems like something could be considered living and have certain characteristics of life, while others may be "alive"  and have slightly different characteristics. Crystals are interesting. They can grow and respond to stimuli but lack a nervous system. I believe there are many different forms of life and we can see things as living that are not what we would expect. In a Native American perspective even rocks are infused with spirit, is that a living thing?

7/21/18 Writing in E-Prime Waking on this day brings happiness for my family. A day of rest and family time always welcome. The day well planned and full for all with important activities and engagements. Some of which are, first and foremost, Sunday breakfast, lego time, homework time, cleaning and meeting with friends at the plaza. I feel the energy of the morning coming in through the Eastern direction of the patio and welcome the sun. Good Morning! Birdsong fills the air and brings happiness. Soon I decide to begin some serious work around the house for a while and then into homework. Running back and forth to the plaza providing rides is anticipated. I feel a sudden sense of panic that passes when I begin to water the garden. Ah the morning, savor the day, stay in the moment. Breath and relax is the message today.

7/14/18 What does the CP violation mean? This article talks about “The puzzling decay of the neutral kaon.” I had a very hard time getting the jist of this article, but it sounds like scientists had a general theory called the CPT theorem. Some testing was done which violated this general theory and surprised them. They either had to scrap the original theory or accept some surprising results.   Apparently, until the 1960’s scientists thought particles decayed at the same rate whether time ran forward or backward. There were some tests done at Princeton in which the CP was violated. According their findings, they were faced with a choice; either the CPT theorem was incorrect, or the kaon decays at a different way in a universe where time runs backward. “The particle decay arrow seems completely unconnected with all the other arrows of time.” Strange! I would imagine that it is very hard for some scientists to let go of the findings they have come to rely on for ...