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[Fred56]

Just in case you think no-one's got any understanding of the new quantum world:

...[T]he differences between the classical and quantum physics view of the world, [is] ...some exercises. ...[K]eep things practical and let the student learn from their own experience – and what an experience ....

 

More that 300 people certainly ‘amplified’ the experience of the exercises as we bounced off each other, contracting different parts of our body and acting as if we were individual particles, then creating a more harmonious energy field by all walking in a circle together – experiencing the feeling of connection around the circle as we relaxed and centred ourselves.

 

...oon had everyone laughing as [it was] described how an accident led to the discovery that light is emitted by living things: one day in the lab, a new photondetector, that hadn’t yet been switched on, mysteriously started to register photon emissions. It turned out that someone had accidentally left a bag of shopping on top of the machine and the bag contained some peas which had set off the photondetector! The man who the discovered this, Fritz-Albert Popp (1994) is now benefiting from its commercial applications.

 

But how can the feeling of oneness, walking in a circle with others, and these light-emitting peas bring us nearer to understanding how Shiatsu works?

 

The classical idea of the universe, one that is composed of empty space filled with separate particles, doesn’t come close to explaining Shiatsu (Green 2004 p.77). The idea that mind and body are separate (Descartes [1596-1650], 1968), underpins the difficulty that Western science has in linking the physical body, emotions, mind and spirit. The quantum view of the world - where all of existence is simultaneously made up of waves and particles, and where connection is an integral part of nature, makes sense to many of us involved in Shiatsu (Damasio,1994)(Del Giudice, 2005, p9)

 

We “tune” into tsubos, we “harmonise” meridians, the mind leads the Ki, and the Ki leads the Blood.

It was found that two of the individuals were exactly in phase – and no-one could explain why. ...[E]yes twinkled as [it was] explained: “it turns out they were in love”

All of these descriptions are of ‘wave-like’ experiences of interconnection between different parts of our Ki and the Ki of others.

 

So what might actually be happening when we work a meridian? We could rely on the classical Chinese model (Mulvagh, 2005) and restrict ourselves to TCM concepts such as Qi and Blood. But why should we ignore a chance for Shiatsu to be part of the latest understanding of the nature of life itself?

 

The meridians act like quantum-coherent domains in the body tissue. (Del Giudice, 2005 p10) But what does ‘coherent’ mean here? You know the feeling in a Shiatsu class or Qi Gong group exercises when the whole group is working as one? You know that feeling when you seem to almost lose your own awareness and merge with the greater feeling of the group? That feeling is one of ‘coherence’, or being ‘in phase’ with the others. Living organisms are always going in and out of a coherent state, and energy is emitted in the form of light to create this coherence, hence the mystery photon-popping peas.

 

...And still bouncing

[iNow]

How about a source for your quote, Fred?

[Fred56]

Do you want to buy some of these quantum peas, then? Fritz-Albert's book should be a good place to start...