Donna Eden - Introduction to Chinese Edition

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I was looking up something on Donna's site, and came across her

introduction to the Chinese edition of her book.

 

I particualy liked the last two paragraphs

 

" We probably all are confronted with concepts in one tradition or

another that do not fit our experience. I want to take this

honor—being asked to write a special introduction to the Chinese

translation of Energy Medicine—to speak about one old idea that I

think is particularly harmful, and that could and should be replaced

by a more accurate and empowering understanding. And this is the idea

that we each have a limited amount of energy, that we are endowed at

birth with a given amount of chi in kidney meridian and that, like an

hourglass, when it runs out, our life force has been spent. This is a

harmful and self-limiting concept.

 

What I want you to keep in mind as you read this book is that if you

can keep your energy channels open to allow the life force to flow in

and out, you will be replenished. The old idea, which can be so

constraining, has many faces. For instance, it sets a negative context

for understanding male-female relationships. The underlying belief was

that when a man ejaculates, the woman is taking his life force. Yet

this old and misguided patriarchal idea still lives. I want to assure

both men and women that there is abundant evidence that healthy

sexuality is one of the most wonderful ways of sustaining your life

force. And I want to assure all of my readers that energy flows

through you all the time. You are continually fed by a stream of

healing vibrations. They are yours for the taking. "

 

I have always disliked this Taoist concept.