Acupuncture is essentially an art. The needles are our paint brushes and the patients our canvases. But that's where the analogy stops. What is so readily visible in art is invisible in acupuncture. The medium that acupuncturists use is energy, something that even science has difficulty quantifying.
Recent experiences have led me to the conclusion that there is a choice every acupuncturist has to make: to be sensitive or to be dull. It's a personal choice and one that requires a certain amount of soul searching.
Before getting into acupuncture and practicing Qi Gong, I was essentially a "dull" individual. I had a normal amount of intuition that let me know if someone is happy or sad...which is to say not much at all. This "dullness" immunized me against most "toxic" energies. Back then being in the same room with people with repressed emotions had no effect on me. I was clueless but happily immunized in the unspoken emotional world.
As I gain sensitivity, I gain insights without the need to communicate directly with people. I stop listening to "what is said" and more to "how things are said", which speaks much more clearly and loudly than "what is said" can ever could. However the sensitivity comes at a cost. Any energy that is perceived must also be interpreted. And that means it has to be internalized. This is why daily practice of Qi Gong (or any other form of breath control and meditation) is so important. A sensitive acupuncturist has to have a method of releasing these toxic energies from this own being in order to remain healthy.
A "dull" acupuncturist need not worry about any of this.
Recent experiences have led me to the conclusion that there is a choice every acupuncturist has to make: to be sensitive or to be dull. It's a personal choice and one that requires a certain amount of soul searching.
Before getting into acupuncture and practicing Qi Gong, I was essentially a "dull" individual. I had a normal amount of intuition that let me know if someone is happy or sad...which is to say not much at all. This "dullness" immunized me against most "toxic" energies. Back then being in the same room with people with repressed emotions had no effect on me. I was clueless but happily immunized in the unspoken emotional world.
As I gain sensitivity, I gain insights without the need to communicate directly with people. I stop listening to "what is said" and more to "how things are said", which speaks much more clearly and loudly than "what is said" can ever could. However the sensitivity comes at a cost. Any energy that is perceived must also be interpreted. And that means it has to be internalized. This is why daily practice of Qi Gong (or any other form of breath control and meditation) is so important. A sensitive acupuncturist has to have a method of releasing these toxic energies from this own being in order to remain healthy.
A "dull" acupuncturist need not worry about any of this.
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