1. Would you support the development of a bionic person?
I'm not sure we have much choice in this day and age. Already I read numerous articles where people are building and reattaching inorganic appendages with full control. In any case, I absolutely support the idea of people regaining use of their severed limbs.
2. How would you rate "the control of artificial limbs by thought alone"?
I'm not sure I understand the question. How would I rate it? I guess positively. I mean, we control our limbs by thought alone, obviously some more conscious than others. For example my typing. The thought will run through my head, and it will come up on the screen, pretty much as I think it. Until I make a typo, that is, at which point I'll simply run back and correct it. I've noticed it makes it difficult to multitask while typing, unless I'm simply having a conversation with someone over the internet. It comes fairly easily, then. But even so, if I were to be reading or watching or listening to something with details or something that I was interested in, than I'll have to give quite a bit more thought into what I want to type or tell someone.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Week Twelve Assignment
1. Acupuncture as effective energy medicine
I absolutely believe that it is effective, and that it is on an energetic level that it helps people. It doesn't matter if the affects are placebo or not, because regardless of that possibility, it still helps people. That's the important part of this that people don't seem to realize. It doesn't matter if it's our medicine that's doing the work, or if it's the idea that our medicine works so well that motivates people's subconscious to start their body's defenses back up.
2. What conclusions can you draw from Kirlian photography?
I think the most obvious conclusion to be drawn is that our auras really do exist. I know people who have trained and been successful at viewing others' auras even without the use of Kirlian photography. I learned how to do it probably about 8 years ago and saw my own ever-changing aura, but I couldn't see it all the time and certainly not as large as Kirlian photos depict. What I saw when I could do it was a faint outline of a solid color near the top of someone's head.
3. Human intent as it affects health
It absolutely affects health. Even when I was doing my training for massage therapy, I learned quickly that if your mind wasn't focused on your patient's needs, than they're not going to feel the full benefit of your work, thereby cheating them out of their money, and not giving you the sense of satisfaction that you should have from this kind of healing work. One of the best experiences I had with intent affecting health was when I was working on an older lady toward the end of my training. She told me that her low back had been giving her issues for many years, and that she hadn't even been able to pull her leg up to tie her shoes. I told her that I would do what I could, but given that it's been so long, I'm not sure how much a single session will help her out.
I used every technique I knew to open up her low back, to loosen her quadriceps and biceps femoris muscles. I made sure that while I was working on her, my intent was pinpointed on helping her low back, and helping her tie her shoes.
After the session was over, I went outside of the massage room to give her an evaluation form where she was talking with my professor. She had walked out of the class without her shoes on so that she could sit on one of the benches outside and chat with the other people there for massages.
At this point, she pulled her leg up onto her knee and began tying her shoe. The look on her face was astonishing. She told me after she had crossed her leg up, she hadn't even thought about that she was doing it, it simply worked on it's own. My professor shot a look to me that expressed her sincere pride in my work, which pretty much solidified my goal to keep my intent on the patient.
I absolutely believe that it is effective, and that it is on an energetic level that it helps people. It doesn't matter if the affects are placebo or not, because regardless of that possibility, it still helps people. That's the important part of this that people don't seem to realize. It doesn't matter if it's our medicine that's doing the work, or if it's the idea that our medicine works so well that motivates people's subconscious to start their body's defenses back up.
2. What conclusions can you draw from Kirlian photography?
I think the most obvious conclusion to be drawn is that our auras really do exist. I know people who have trained and been successful at viewing others' auras even without the use of Kirlian photography. I learned how to do it probably about 8 years ago and saw my own ever-changing aura, but I couldn't see it all the time and certainly not as large as Kirlian photos depict. What I saw when I could do it was a faint outline of a solid color near the top of someone's head.
3. Human intent as it affects health
It absolutely affects health. Even when I was doing my training for massage therapy, I learned quickly that if your mind wasn't focused on your patient's needs, than they're not going to feel the full benefit of your work, thereby cheating them out of their money, and not giving you the sense of satisfaction that you should have from this kind of healing work. One of the best experiences I had with intent affecting health was when I was working on an older lady toward the end of my training. She told me that her low back had been giving her issues for many years, and that she hadn't even been able to pull her leg up to tie her shoes. I told her that I would do what I could, but given that it's been so long, I'm not sure how much a single session will help her out.
I used every technique I knew to open up her low back, to loosen her quadriceps and biceps femoris muscles. I made sure that while I was working on her, my intent was pinpointed on helping her low back, and helping her tie her shoes.
After the session was over, I went outside of the massage room to give her an evaluation form where she was talking with my professor. She had walked out of the class without her shoes on so that she could sit on one of the benches outside and chat with the other people there for massages.
At this point, she pulled her leg up onto her knee and began tying her shoe. The look on her face was astonishing. She told me after she had crossed her leg up, she hadn't even thought about that she was doing it, it simply worked on it's own. My professor shot a look to me that expressed her sincere pride in my work, which pretty much solidified my goal to keep my intent on the patient.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Week Eleven Assignment
1. I know I'm a living system because...
Because I think. Because I'm conscious. Because I eat, see, smell, touch and taste things. Because I'm able to enjoy or dislike anything I care to. Because I breathe, sweat, bleed, love and hate.
2. Biophysics and Oriental Medicine
I get the distinct sense there may have been a mix up with this part of the blog, so I'm not entirely sure how to answer it. The Biophysics part of the class wasn't until a couple weeks after this one.
Because I think. Because I'm conscious. Because I eat, see, smell, touch and taste things. Because I'm able to enjoy or dislike anything I care to. Because I breathe, sweat, bleed, love and hate.
2. Biophysics and Oriental Medicine
I get the distinct sense there may have been a mix up with this part of the blog, so I'm not entirely sure how to answer it. The Biophysics part of the class wasn't until a couple weeks after this one.
Week Ten Assignment
Can you synthesize East and West?
I think east and west are synthesized far more often than we even realize. I think that, especially in California compared to Michigan, we have a lot more Eastern influences. People seem very knowledgeable about their bodies and their actions as opposed to where I'm from.
I think east and west are synthesized far more often than we even realize. I think that, especially in California compared to Michigan, we have a lot more Eastern influences. People seem very knowledgeable about their bodies and their actions as opposed to where I'm from.
Week Nine Assignment
1. Newton's Three Laws and Me
I think I can say that I experience Newton's laws pretty much every day. Whether I'm working out or riding on my scooter, everything we do is influenced by Newton's laws. It's amazing to think that someone from so long ago was so brilliant to think of these things. With all our innovations and technological advances, I can't help but wonder how this man from hundreds of years ago came up with something that so impacted our life.
2. Our energy efficient culture
I like that our culture has become aware of the way it uses and expends energy. If you're referring to the "waste" heat that is put off by our bodies constantly, I don't feel that it's wasted at all. This heat is what makes a jacket or sweater so effective. The clothing helps trap in the heat that our body is giving off.
Trust me, the body heat we give off is absolutely necessary when you live in the coldest room of a house. If my body didn't warm up the blankets that I sleep in, I'd likely have died of hypothermia.
3. Descartes has a lot to answer for!
Being that Rene Decartes is the person primarily responsible for thinking that Nature and Humans are separate, I think he does have a lot to answer for. I mean, granted, the theories of evolution and intelligent design may not have been around yet, but it's so easy to see how well nature and humans integrate.
I think I can say that I experience Newton's laws pretty much every day. Whether I'm working out or riding on my scooter, everything we do is influenced by Newton's laws. It's amazing to think that someone from so long ago was so brilliant to think of these things. With all our innovations and technological advances, I can't help but wonder how this man from hundreds of years ago came up with something that so impacted our life.
2. Our energy efficient culture
I like that our culture has become aware of the way it uses and expends energy. If you're referring to the "waste" heat that is put off by our bodies constantly, I don't feel that it's wasted at all. This heat is what makes a jacket or sweater so effective. The clothing helps trap in the heat that our body is giving off.
Trust me, the body heat we give off is absolutely necessary when you live in the coldest room of a house. If my body didn't warm up the blankets that I sleep in, I'd likely have died of hypothermia.
3. Descartes has a lot to answer for!
Being that Rene Decartes is the person primarily responsible for thinking that Nature and Humans are separate, I think he does have a lot to answer for. I mean, granted, the theories of evolution and intelligent design may not have been around yet, but it's so easy to see how well nature and humans integrate.
Week Eight Assignment
1. Ordered Chaos - Does this sound familiar?
I'd say it does sound familiar. I think ordered chaos is pretty much how the world works. If it were pure chaos, nothing would exist. If it were pure order, the world would be cold and robotic and boring.
2. Fractal Patterns as patterns of complex systems
As one of my other classmates noted on their blog regarding this question, conscious thought breeds action. The idea that the bits and pieces of what we think (i.e. the beginning equations in a fractal pattern) become the action that we take (the eventual art that makes up a fractal). Though I feel that the math equations of my head the become the fractals of my actions are quite a bit smaller and less complex than the incredibly stunning fractals I've seen online.
3. Consciousness out of chaos?
Absolutely. As the first question about ordered chaos states, I think that consciousness is the result of ordered chaos.
I'd say it does sound familiar. I think ordered chaos is pretty much how the world works. If it were pure chaos, nothing would exist. If it were pure order, the world would be cold and robotic and boring.
2. Fractal Patterns as patterns of complex systems
As one of my other classmates noted on their blog regarding this question, conscious thought breeds action. The idea that the bits and pieces of what we think (i.e. the beginning equations in a fractal pattern) become the action that we take (the eventual art that makes up a fractal). Though I feel that the math equations of my head the become the fractals of my actions are quite a bit smaller and less complex than the incredibly stunning fractals I've seen online.
3. Consciousness out of chaos?
Absolutely. As the first question about ordered chaos states, I think that consciousness is the result of ordered chaos.
Week Seven Assignment
1. Are All Vibrations Good?
I'd say some are and some aren't. Nikola Tesla invented and built an earthquake machine that was supposed to be able to match the resonating frequency of the earth and cause an actual earthquake. While it never worked, he had apparently tested it on his own building after learning the resonance frequency and it brought the building down in shambles once the machine got going.
But then there's always the song "Good Vibrations" (I'm surprised I even remember it) that mentions how well people vibe together and such.
So in summation, I say there are good vibrations and bad, but I imagine it's more likely that you'll find good ones.
2. Resonance in my World
What I notice about resonance in my world is that it pretty much happens to me with music. Music is what resonates with me the strongest. Obviously different songs at different times, but always with music. Particularly what catches my ear right now are cover songs by The Beatles (I don't actually like The Beatles (For shaaame, I know)) that pop up on my iPod every so often.
Whenever I hear a song that resonates with me, the skin on my arms and the back of my neck stands up. The first time I noticed it was when I was listening to James Blunt's first album, particularly the song No Bravery. The song is about the time he spent in the military in Kosovo when Slobodon Melosivic was doing everything he did.
It's interesting to note that even though I haven't heard the song in quite a while, looking at the lyrics I'll be posting below, the hair on the back of my neck stood up and prickled as I read it because there's just something about the lyrics and his voice that gets that reaction out of me.
I think the connection between energy and Qi is implied. I don't think there are really any differences between the two, just different types. Kind of like genres of music. Rock and country are completely different sounds, but they're two aspects of the same thing: music.
I'd say some are and some aren't. Nikola Tesla invented and built an earthquake machine that was supposed to be able to match the resonating frequency of the earth and cause an actual earthquake. While it never worked, he had apparently tested it on his own building after learning the resonance frequency and it brought the building down in shambles once the machine got going.
But then there's always the song "Good Vibrations" (I'm surprised I even remember it) that mentions how well people vibe together and such.
So in summation, I say there are good vibrations and bad, but I imagine it's more likely that you'll find good ones.
2. Resonance in my World
What I notice about resonance in my world is that it pretty much happens to me with music. Music is what resonates with me the strongest. Obviously different songs at different times, but always with music. Particularly what catches my ear right now are cover songs by The Beatles (I don't actually like The Beatles (For shaaame, I know)) that pop up on my iPod every so often.
Whenever I hear a song that resonates with me, the skin on my arms and the back of my neck stands up. The first time I noticed it was when I was listening to James Blunt's first album, particularly the song No Bravery. The song is about the time he spent in the military in Kosovo when Slobodon Melosivic was doing everything he did.
It's interesting to note that even though I haven't heard the song in quite a while, looking at the lyrics I'll be posting below, the hair on the back of my neck stood up and prickled as I read it because there's just something about the lyrics and his voice that gets that reaction out of me.
Houses burnt beyond repair,3. Connections I can make between Energy and Qi
The smell of death is in the air.
A woman weeping in despair says,
He has been here.
Tracer lighting up the sky.
It's another family's turn to die.
A child afraid to even cry out says,
He has been here.
I think the connection between energy and Qi is implied. I don't think there are really any differences between the two, just different types. Kind of like genres of music. Rock and country are completely different sounds, but they're two aspects of the same thing: music.
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