Week One Quiz answers

1) What attracts me to Chinese Medicine?
I am attracted to the language used to describe phenomena. It is lyrical….poetic, yet conveys an intimate understanding of the true nature of the phenomena. It indicates an understanding of the mutability of all things, the dynamic and delicate interdependency of all things.
I am attracted to the objectivity of Classical Chinese Medicine. It is based, not on a fundamental principle of right and wrong, but of likely and appropriate responses or interactions between elements of nature; responses observed over millennia and through the lens of devoted personal cultivation (and persistent practice!!).
I am attracted to the graceful accuracy with which the ancients understood the workings of the world around and within us. Without probes and microscopes, without all the laboratory tests of today, the ancients were able to identify structures and functions seemingly invisible to the naked eye and put to good use techniques to bring about genuine healing.
I am attracted to the boundless potential that CCM contains. We may apply its fundamental principles to any phenomena in the universe (so far) and reap an understanding of the phenomena and its relationship to its surroundings and to ourselves.
I am attracted to the enduring success of CCM in truly helping individuals move through their lives with a little more ease, with less suffering, with more vitality, peace and harmony, without harmful side effects and with intentional accordance to the rhythm of nature.

2) What do I honestly think of physics, really?
My experience of physics is limited to my own backyard explorations, ‘thought experiments’ and dreams. I know virtually nothing of the science of physics and what current thought espouses.

3) Now that I think about it, have I ever experienced time "slowing down" or "speeding up"?

During a shiatsu session when I am highly focused or in a meditative state a brief moment can feel endless and when the session comes to an end can feel like it passed quickly (especially to the receiver!)
The first time I remember intentionally changing my experience of time I was running a house cleaning business. The house I was in was much larger (and filthier!) than I had expected. I had to pick my son up by certain time and besides, had given the owner an estimate they expected me to stick to. As the clock ticked onward I knew I would never get all the work done in time. In tears I called my mother who calmly said, “Just close your eyes, breathe, slow down and tell yourself you have all the time in the world, you will do a fantastic and complete job! So instead of speeding up, I slowed my body, breathe and thoughts down. And I did in fact do a fantastic and complete job.