Tag: function energy

Fear And How to Deal With It

“One need not try to destroy one’s faults. Simply change focus,” says Mary Burmeister. [WMS, p. 15] When we fight something, it implies that it has power over us. And by struggling against it, or trying to destroy it, we give it strength and legitimacy to its existence. So, the most effective, and arguably the only way to deal with mental habits is to simply change focus. And by changing focus, I don’t mean to avoid or to deny, but rather to overlook those faults. Here is what flows I have used to deal with fearful situations. Note the function

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Birds of a Feather

In one of his classes, Wayne Hackett told us a story about how Mary Burmeister insisted on the importance of paying attention to the people who come to us. In the story, Mary apparently said, if one person comes and needs a Spleen flow, and then the next person comes and needs a Spleen flow, and then the third also needs a Spleen flow – then you’d better pause and give yourself a Spleen flow. If you are attracting all those people, you must be in a real need of harmonization of your own Spleen Function Energy. So, when during

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Brothers and Sisters

My son is the older and usually quiet. My daughter is the younger and usually exuberant and loud. Appearances, however, can be frequently misleading. In the ten years or more that I have been a parent, I have learned not to go for the obvious. I have noticed that whenever my daughter screams the loudest, her brother invariably is somewhere near. He is either teasing, provoking, egging her on, or simply quietly saying contrary things just to get a reaction. As a sane mom of two, therefore, I have long ago set up a policy to treat them as a

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Nothing Is Ever What It Appears To Be

I’ve been listening to my pulses quite a bit lately. So, last night they appeared all quiet and calm except for the left index finger on the deep level. Now, we all know that that position corresponds to the Lung Function Energy. And yet, I harmonized the Large Intestine Function Energy by placing my right hand on my right SEL 11 and held my right index finger with my left hand. I held it for about 10-15 minutes and then listened to my pulses again. They had evened out completely! Do you wonder what I am wondering? Correction! In my

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