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1、HealingtheSpiritwithAcupuncture(781)837-3455HealingtheSpiritwithAcupunctureHealingtheSpiritwithAcupunctureHavinginitiallypreparedmyselfwithundergraduatestudiesinpsychologyandcomparativereligionIeventuallybecameapractitionerofAsianhealingsystemsincludingShiatsu,
2、acupressure,acupuncture,herbology,Chinesediet,aswellasTaijiquan,andQigong,bothsystemsofmovingmeditationandhealing,aswellasmartialarts.MyearlierstudiesgavemeapsychologicalandphilosophicalbiastohealingwhichIalsofound,especiallyintheTaoistaspectsofOrientalmedicine
3、.AlthoughIhadmanyexperiencesofbody,mind,spiritintegration,bothasareceiverandgiverofShiatsuandacupuncture,Istartedtobecomedissatisfiedwiththewayinwhichthiscouldberationalized.Treatmentsthatwereguidedmostlybyintuitionweredefinitelymoreapttocreatethisintegrationth
4、anthosewithout.Althoughthiswascreatingmanygoodhealingsessions,andIlovedtheprocessofworkingwithanddevelopingintuition,Iwasstillsomewhatmentallyconfused.Acupuncturehadsuchawell-developedtheoreticalbasisforthetreatmentandpreventionofphysicalcomplaints.Whywasn’tthi
5、sastrueonthementalandspirituallevelsaswell?Ihadtolookdeeper!ItaughtmyselftoreadClassicalChinesewithsomedifficultyandlookedintotheancienttexts.IterminatedtheShiatsuschoolandbeganresearchingthroughtheHarvard,BostonUniversity,andBrownlibrarysystems.Ireadeverything
6、fromTaoistphilosophy,tothefirstacupuncturetextswritten150yearsbeforeChrist,tohundredsofbooksandarticlesbyWesternAsianscholarsabouttheoldculturethatproducedthesehealingsystems.Body,Mind,andSpiritinAcupunctureFifteenyearsandathousandtitleslaterinmybibliographyIst
7、umbleduponacluethattiedallofmypreviousresearchtogether.ItwasonlyaparagraphintheearliestChinesepharmacopoeiawrittenin132AD,paraphrasinganotherparagraphinChina’sfirstwrittentextonacupuncture,theSimpleQuestionsoftheYellowEmperor’sClassicofInternalMedicineof150BC.H
8、erewaswhatIwaslookingfor.Itsaidthatinancienttimestherewerethreelevelsofhealing,physical,mental,andspiritual.Thesetwotextsconsideredthetreatmentandpreventionofphysicaldisease
