It's not about the Actions but about the Energy behind those Actions

It's not about the actions that you take but the energy (vibration) behind those actions. It's not about what you do, but your thoughts and congruency and alignment about what you do. You can take less actions and get great results, or you can take all the actions in the world and it not quite be how you want it. The factor is the thoughts about (and behind) your actions.

This is why some people can eat what they like, exercise very little and still have wonderful bodies, whereas others will "toil" and "strain" and have to "work hard" for it. It is also the same when it comes to money or business, where some people will take certain actions - or even none - and it will work out for them whereas others will do everything they can and do not get there in the same way or the journey is a bit more "difficult".

So whilst actions are to be commended, there is also another component as well as the actions which is an energetic component or a vibrational component. It is about the energetic or vibrational component. That is down to your thoughts about what you are wanting. It is about your alignment. How do you feel about what you want? The better you feel about what you want, the more in alignment you are with it.

In the example above about having a wonderful body, some would say it is about the beliefs a person has and that causes chemical reactions within the body, whether when they eat or when they exercise. The answer is it is all the same thing. Beliefs are clusters of thought - and thought is vibration. Beliefs can be thought of as collective clusters of vibration so to speak and we can answer this with physiological terms or metaphysical terms, it is all the same and fits together. You change your thoughts and practice beliefs by practicing the thoughts you want to have.

Your beliefs - which can be seen as "practiced thought", and nothing more mystical and magical and "unchangeable" than that - only came into existence by practice (whether deliberately or accidentally) and in fusing with emotion, which can add a bit of "glue" to it so to speak in adding importance to them, e.g. you tend to pay attention to things with love, joy or fear rather than something that has no emotion to it - and because of the emotion they tend to be given a bit more emphasis than that which doesn't. Which is why when you want to create positive experiences, the more natural positive emotion the better, it adds intensity, permeability and "emphasis" to it.

Your beliefs are very changeable and it is about practicing thinking things that feel good, and this is also how you create constructive and EMPOWERING beliefs that support you in what you do and ADD emphasis and energy to what you do.

Your beliefs are very changeable and it is about practicing things that feel good

But it shouldn't be hard work, think about the things that naturally feel good to you, allow yourself to do that. Oftentimes we don't allow ourselves to think of what we want or like because we are scared we cannot have it or it is not ok. Let me tell you, in the domain of your own head you can think what you like! And soon enough your reality will change and YOU can tell others how it is, you will shape your reality by your practiced thoughts (and you don't have to tell anyone how you did it if you don't want to, just our secret ;)).

This also applies to interpersonal communications. It isn't really about the "words" you use, but again about the vibrational or energetic component BEHIND those words. Sometimes you may not necessarily say the "right" things but because of your vibrational alignment you will get results. And at other times you may be "trying" to say things a certain way and in your trying too hard there is an element of lack and that is being picked up in your vibration.

So to put it very simply, how do you feel about what you want? The better you feel, the more in alignment you are with it. And then it may not even be about the actions that you take, it may be that the actions are inspired or it may be that as a result of synchronicities that what you want lands right in your lap - and either way it is ok, the Universe is doing what it does in bringing vibrational matches together.

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An Overview of Acupuncture

When considering a medical intervention like acupuncture, which originated centuries ago in non-Western culture (China), it is relatively easy to make it look faintly absurd by contrasting its conceptual vocabulary with that of modern day medical science. Undoubtedly, many practices of bygone days were, we now know, exceedingly dangerous and rooted in magical or religious thinking (illness as divine retribution). No one today would attempt to heal a wound by applying a poultice of dung, for example. But some practices, like acupuncture, have withstood the test of time and are still with us. Is its survival merely a function of the wishful thinking of individuals with an irrational mistrust of mainstream medicine, or might there be something more to it?

Defining Acupuncture
To begin with vocabularies: the ancient Chinese clearly did not have our 21st century knowledge of physiology, anatomy and biochemistry. The words they used were rather different than our modern day references to cell membranes, endoplasmic reticula and neurotransmitters. They believed that the body was invested with a constantly flowing life energy, ‘chi’ (or ‘qi’); should this energy be blocked in its flow, or become unbalanced in its distribution, illness and pain would result. Chinese acupuncturists sought to unblock the chi pathways (‘meridians’), restore energic balance and return the patient to health. While these terms may seem strange or even a little quaint to modern day medicine, they are not entirely different from the concepts of a much more modern figure – Sigmund Freud. Freud began life as a neurophysiologist then proceeded to develop psychoanalysis, in which he used the analogy of a life energy he called ‘libido.’ In his psychological work, Freud concluded that individuals became ill or profoundly unhappy when their libido was obstructed, unbalanced, or simply waning.

Whether one chooses to believe in the conceptual basis of ancient acupuncture or not, there is some compelling scientific evidence that it can indeed have discernibly positive effects with some patients and with certain medical disorders. Furthermore, as acupuncture is being increasingly practiced in the West, chiefly as a form of complementary medicine, painstaking efforts have been made by its practitioners to develop concepts and causal explanations which are compatible with advanced knowledge of physiology, anatomy and biochemistry.

Acupuncture, for example, is now known to produce analgesic effects by activating the body’s endogenous opioid peptide system, releasing natural, pain-relieving opiates (endorphins) into the blood. One method of pain-relief acupuncture uses high-intensity, low frequency electrical stimulation of acupuncture needles to produce a slow-onset but cumulative effect which becomes generalized throughout the body as endorphins are progressively released. The other method produces more localized and rapid effects through activating the monoamine-dependent system using high-frequency, low-intensity electrical stimulation of acupuncture needles.

This medically informed or ‘hybrid’ acupuncture has devised a plausible model of the therapeutic actions of the needles. They are believed to activate nerve impulse transmission in the neuropeptide and neurohumoral systems and also produce biochemical and cellular changes in the cardiovascular system. In addition, the needles are believed to influence the flow of ions in the lymphatic system, a model which parallels the more ancient notion of chi energy flowing through meridians.

The Uses of Acupuncture
The treatment continues to employ the insertion of fine, sterile needles into the body in highly specified areas. The needles are then activated manually, thermally or through electrical stimulation, and left in situ for between five and 20 minutes. Alongside their scientific medical knowledge, hybrid acupuncturists tend to retain the concept of unbalanced or obstructed energy flow and have developed a sophisticated model of how specific organs may influence particular conditions. For example, in addition to the physiological functions of, say, the kidneys which have been established by scientific Western medicine, acupuncturists hold that these organs also supervise a range of other physiological processes and anatomical structures. These include scalp hair, hearing, joints, bone and marrow, as well as psychological characteristics such as will and motivation.

This is where more orthodox medical scientists may express a degree of skepticism, of course, yet, nonetheless, physicians are increasingly turning to acupuncture as a complementary approach in the management and treatment of a number of conditions. In the United States, it is increasingly accepted as an effective means of helping to alleviate pain in numerous musculoskeletal conditions. Acute conditions such as soft tissue bruising, nerve entrapments, sprains, strains and muscle spasms are sometimes referred to acupuncturists for the initial pain relief therapy, whereas more chronic conditions tend to require combined pain relief methods, with acupuncture being but one component. These conditions include repetitive strain disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome and tennis elbow, but also more severe conditions such as osteoarthritis – one study showed that acupuncture significantly diminished knee-pain and increased joint mobility in patients with osteoarthritic knees.

Other chronic musculoskeletal disorders treated with acupuncture as an adjunctive therapy (i.e., in addition to pharmacological treatment or more invasive medical procedures) include the widespread pain and tenderness in muscle and soft tissue known as fibromyalgia, and some forms of lower back pain such as degenerative disc disease. However, it has also been used effectively to treat asthma, reduce dental pain, menstrual cramps and labor pain, as well as alleviate tension headaches and migraines.

Moreover, its credibility is enhanced by the willingness of its more sophisticated practitioners to concede that it is no panacea or miracle treatment. There is little evidence that it has any appreciable effect, for example, as a primary therapy in the treatment of cerebrovascular accidents, although it may assist as an adjunctive therapy in stroke rehabilitation. Similarly, it is relatively ineffective as a sole therapy in the treatment of spinal injuries or chronic immune-mediated or inflammatory disorders such as ulcerative colitis and is regarded by most of its practitioners as an inappropriate treatment method for conditions such as HIV or chronic fatigue states, even though it may help enliven and energize very seriously ill patients.

While hybrid acupuncture at least attempts to sustain a dialogue between Western and Eastern modes of thought in the field of health and medicine, ultimately it may be impossible to create a completely unified language or conceptual model. The dialogue is, however, yielding interesting and positive results as well as fostering a greater degree of mutual respect for the two perspectives.

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