“Takes away our tears and fears” —The Touch of Healing

Pathway

At 4 p.m., Small Intestine Function Energy becomes Bladder Function Energy at the forehead, in the area of SEL 20. From there, it ascends diagonally over the top of the head and begins its descent down the back.

At the back of the head, the flow divides in two: one branch enters the earlobe, while the other descends through the brain and divides again. The inner branch travels along the spinal cord all the way to the coccyx area. The outer branch continues downward to the shoulder, where it separates once more in the area of SEL 3.

The three branches of Bladder Function Energy flow down the back, running approximately 1, 1.5, and 3 inches from the spine. The outer two eventually merge in the area of SEL 25, and together they rejoin the inner branch at the center back of the knee (the area of center SEL 8). Returning to a single flow, Bladder Function Energy continues down the calf, following the outer ankle (SEL 16), until it reaches the little toe—where it becomes Kidney Function Energy at 6 p.m.

The Kidney Function Energy then descends the back in parallel to the Bladder’s three pathways, only closer to the spine—about half an inch away.

How to Harmonize

  • SELs 12 and 25. Place your left hand on the right SEL 12 and the right hand on the right SEL 25
  • SEL 12 and Coccyx. Place your left hand on the right SEL 12 and the right hand on the coccyx.
  • Index Finger.
  • SEL 23. It is the only SEL within the 4 depth of Bladder and Kidney FE

Further Commentary

“Takes Away Our Tears and Fears” [TH, p.115]

As the seventh in the diurnal division, Bladder Function Energy corresponds to Libra in Western astrology. Ruled by Venus, the principle of Love, and serving as the exaltation place of Saturn, the principle of Justice, Bladder/Libra unites these two forces as they were meant to be. When separated, Justice can appear fearsome, and Love weak. When joined, they grant us the strength to view the world without fear.

A harmonized Bladder “takes away our tears and fears” [TH, p.115], dissipating the energy of FEAR—described immediately after the section on Bladder Function Energy as “false evidence appearing real, paralyzing in its effects” [TII, p.28].

Bladder and the Waters

I first read about the Bladder harmonizing sequence helping a baby with a tear duct issue in The Touch of Healing. Several years later, I had a chance to witness the effect of the Bladder Function Energy sequence on my own baby girl. When my daughter was one month old, one of her eyes kept tearing and tearing. I couldn’t tell whether she had picked up a bug from her older brother—already in public school—or if it was an allergy or some other infant ailment. Never mind the reason, I thought. Let’s try the Bladder.

Within one application of the SEL 12–25 combination, the tearing stopped. Later, when I looked up her astrological chart, I noticed that her Saturn was placed in Libra—the energy corresponding to the Bladder Function Energy. No surprise she responded so quickly and completely. One more data point in my ongoing Saturn–JSJ flow observations.

Up the Back, Down the Back

If you look at the Bladder Function Energy pathway, you’ll see that its three branches literally wash down along the back. Whenever my back hurts or my tailbone feels twisted, I hold the Bladder harmonizing sequence for about 20–30 minutes, and it invariably helps.

Once, I noticed how my tailbone actually shifted into perfect alignment within that time—it had been crooked before. To make sure I wasn’t imagining it, I asked my husband to witness the “before and after.” The Bladder harmonizing flow indeed brought everything into alignment along my lower back.

Dealing with Fears

I’ve used three different JSJ flows to work through moments of acute fear, and each feels distinct.

When I was shocked and upset—tinged with fear—after a confrontation with my provost at the college where I taught at the time, I held SEL 23 to regain my sense of “control over my destiny.”

Whenever I wake from a frightening dream, I use the Diaphragm flow, which shifts my perception so that the disturbing images no longer hold power over me.

The Bladder flow, however, feels different. It’s as if invisible waters move through me, washing away fear and negative thoughts until I am calm again. Indeed, it feels as if it “washes our tears and fears away.”