Patient came into clinic last night with a yeast infection.
I recommended to her that she not eat any sugar for about 10 days while I treated her and she used an over-the-counter medication.
“No sugar!?” she exclaimed. ”What will I eat then because everything has sugar in it?”
Deadpan, I replied, “Vegetables, fruits, nuts and meats.“
You read that right.
I mean, you probably read that with your mind in the wrong place, but you read it right.
I play with myself all the time. I play with my mind – constantly changing my world view. I play with my body – stretching, playing with my posture, pull-ups at the playground. I play with my soul – allowing the Great Spirit to enter my being and take life’s burdens away.
Better get playing with yourself, no?
CTK
Patient: “Can you do anything about belly fat?”
Me: “Yes. Stop eating sugar and get more vigorous exercise.”
Patient: “I tried that last winter and it didn’t work.”
Me: “It might take a little longer than a winter…”
Q: I want to devote my life to spiritual pursuits, but so much of what passes for spirituality seems self-serving and narcissistic. How do I know the real thing?
A: You know you’re on the right path if your capacity for holding paradox expands, your sense of humor broadens, your commitment to justice deepens, your compassion for and protection of life grows, and your love of people transcends race, color, creed, tribe, religion, politics, and sexual preference.
Commentary: Does your Kung-Fu do this?
How does your pain, illness, disease serve you?
What story does it allow you to tell?
And how fearful do you feel about the possibility of stripping it all away?
What if you had all the answers inside you to fix you?
How many tears would you shed?
If you were to let it go, how would you feel? How alone, naked and vulnerable would you feel?
…and yet, so liberated, no?
CTK
I hear the weirdest crap come out of my patient’s mouths. I couldn’t make this stuff up.
“I blew my back out cutting my toe nails.”
“I didn’t bend my knees walking off the curb, kind of jarred myself and now my neck hurts.”
“I tried not eating candy, but then halfway through the day I just couldn’t take it anymore.”
“Gardening is a great way to lose weight.”
“All diabetics cheat, right?”
“I can’t have sodium, I can’t have gluten, I can’t have diary – I mean, I just can’t do it. It’ll affect my lifestyle.”
Ah. I’m not judging – much.
Kung-Fu is my lifestyle. Choose yours.
CTK
Men, in time, return again to the mysterious workings. So all creatures come out of the mysterious workings and go back into them again. - Watson, B: 1964, P. 117
Do your current goals still serve you?
As we age, the game changes. As we evolve, our needs change. As we get closer to some of our goals, they morph into something else.
Don’t squander your talents. Look outside your field. How can your expertise in something fill a gap in other people’s lives?
Listen to your Seed of Heaven. It will guide you.
CTK
The Yuan Qi is the seed of true nature that Heaven plants deep within at the moment of conception. We must nurture the potential of this seed to fulfill our destiny. - Nourishing Destiny, Lonny Jarrett, p. 103
Zheng Gu Shui for my back.
Tiger Balm for my knee.
Salonpas patches for my traps.
Vitamin D drops, Emergen-C packets, fish oil and multivitamin for overall health.
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Forms for the memory.
Qigong for the stress.
Heavy bag for unleashing.
Chi Sau for the labratory.
Sparring for the application.
Weights for the CNS.
Sprints for the heart.
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“We will not relax.
Relaxing – just another way to say you’re getting old.” – Current Swell
Have you ever smoked cigarettes? I have – throughout high school.
Today I saw a few people standing outside a broken down car and one woman was smoking. They most likely were waiting for a tow-truck or a friend – but what I thought was, ‘Any excuse.’ Right? I remember what it was like. Any excuse to have a cigarette.
Break time at work? Cigarette. Drinking alcohol? Cigarette. After sex? You get the idea.
I think I can relate, you know?
Before everyone is awake? Training. Running around the back yard with my children? Training. Can’t get a ride home and need to jog? Training.
Just give me an excuse to work out…
CTK
“Where the mind goes, the Qi goes.”
When you are sick, do you believe that you are a victim or that you are a co-creator of the illness?
When you are sad and depressed, do you believe that external influences have altered your mood or that you are in control of what goes on inside of you?
When you lose, do you believe that the opponent was better than you or that you were ill prepared?
When life takes an unexpected turn, do you believe that you didn’t have it coming or that you have manifested the outcome?
It’s up to you.
CTK
She told me she self-medicates with alcohol on the weekends. It eases her anxiety quite well. But that my words came back to haunt her and she wants to try again. I told her the same thing once more.
Let the worries run through your mind as they will. Let the hairs stand up on your arms and legs. Let your heart beat out of your chest and your breath shorten. Let the stress of your body talk to you and perhaps show some elephants in the room. Welcome the sensations and have them wash over you and ask your body (not in a cocky way) if it has anymore to reveal to you.
The only way to get over something is to go through.
Die before you die.
CTK
Live in rooms full of light
Avoid heavy food
Be moderate in the drinking of wine
Take massage, baths, exercise, and gymnastics
Fight insomnia with gentle rocking or the sound of running water
Change surroundings and take long journeys
Strictly avoid frightening ideas
Indulge in cheerful conversation and amusements
Listen to music.
— Aulus Cornelius Celsus
The tongue tells me the past. Anywhere from “I’ve been sick for the past few days,” to, “I’ve had a problem with my digestion for years.” I can even see where a system has burned out to the point where it’s cracked – very much like an engine which has gotten too hot, ran without oil and has cracked.
A Heart Crack actually signifies a broken heart.
The pulse tells me the now. I could ask about the recently deceased cat and the pulse will change instantly. Twenty-eight pulse images can appear in six different positions – again representing different systems. Slippery pulse indicates swelling, retention of fluid, pregnancy or post-coital.
Tongue and pulse diagnosis are old and they work. They are a microcosm of the macrocosm just as we are a microcosm of the macrocosm.
I am still searching for a diagnostic method to tell the future. However, looking at the past and the present are damn good ways to see where someone is headed.
Peace, CTK
To avoid sickness eat less; to prolong life worry less. ~Chu Hui Weng
This clip is on mercury toxicity.
My brothers’ current research topic is anti-aging and this is something he passed on to me (subject matter of which I have been aware of for a long time).
If you are a martial artist, I challenge you to watch this. If you are a parent, you owe a duty to your children to watch this. If you are a teacher, watching this will provide you with some important lessons.
