Qi, again, (was Acupuncture May Aid Cancer)

[Guest guest]

Jim,

 

>

>

> What don't you develop a position papaer that can be addressed to

> the national organizations and schools---where the change needs to

> occur in order to achieve this.

>

> It can be a consensus statement of the CHA forum and we could all

> sign off on it.

 

I don't think I can be accused of not writing

enough. Far more interesting to me than a

document containing a statement of position

is the process whereby individuals can come

themselves into such a position. This does

not mean that I discredit your suggestion of

drafting a position paper, and perhaps CHA

is an appropriate agency to produce such a

statement. I would like to hear from other

members and, of course, from our fearless

leader, Todd.

 

In Vol 2 #4 of CAOM you can read our position

on the subject in the lengthy editorial at

the beginning of the issue. I think a far

better way to influence schools and accreditation

committees and other organizations in the field

would be if signficant numbers of

the membership of the community turned up

demanding to be more well educated themselves

and to see the standards raised along the

lines that we've been discussing.

 

Of course the schools would pay attention.

As they carefully monitor what the market

will bear. The whole field, the whole

phenomenon of the growth of Chinese medicine

is, as was recently pointed out, a grass

roots movement. I've been saying for months

now that I want to wage a grass roots

campaign to increase literacy of Chinese

medical language and literature on the

part of students and practitioners.

 

I'm willing to and have every intention

to cooperate with any school that wants

to see such a program go forward. I don't

praticularly want to devote a great deal

of time or attention to political wrangling,

as I think it misses the point.

 

The point, I think, is contained in the

passage from Da Xue that I frequently

quote:

 

The men of old wanting to clarify and diffuse throughout the empire

that light which comes from looking straight into the heart and then

acting, first set up good government in their own states; wanting

good government in their states, they first established order in

their own families; wanting order in the home, they first disciplined

themselves; desiring self-discipline, they rectified their hearts;

and wanting to rectify their hearts, they sought precise verbal

definnitions of their inarticulate thoughts [the tones given off by

the heart]; wishing to attain precise verbal definitions, they set to

extend their knowledge to the utmost. This completion of knowledge is

rooted in sorting things into organic categories.

 

[...]

 

If the root be in confusion, nothing will be well governed.

 

 

So, let's discuss whether or not such a written

statement is mutually desired or worth it.

 

Ken

[Guest guest]

Jim, Ken, and others,

I think a CHA consensus statement on appropriate and meaningful

language in our field is a good start. Let's do it. I also agree that the

change has to begin with us, in how we describe what we do with patients,

students, with one another, and in our own minds.

What happened with the other document we were going to

create, to use 'asian' rather than 'oriental'?

Frances

dragon90405 wrote:

Jim,

> What don't you develop a position papaer that can

be addressed to

> the national organizations and schools---where

the change needs to

> occur in order to achieve this.

>

> It can be a consensus statement of the CHA forum

and we could all

> sign off on it.

I don't think I can be accused of not writing

enough. Far more interesting to me than a

document containing a statement of position

is the process whereby individuals can come

themselves into such a position. This does

not mean that I discredit your suggestion of

drafting a position paper, and perhaps CHA

is an appropriate agency to produce such a

statement. I would like to hear from other

members and, of course, from our fearless

leader, Todd.

In Vol 2 #4 of CAOM you can read our position

on the subject in the lengthy editorial at

the beginning of the issue. I think a far

better way to influence schools and accreditation

committees and other organizations in the field

would be if signficant numbers of

the membership of the community turned up

demanding to be more well educated themselves

and to see the standards raised along the

lines that we've been discussing.

Of course the schools would pay attention.

As they carefully monitor what the market

will bear. The whole field, the whole

phenomenon of the growth of Chinese medicine

is, as was recently pointed out, a grass

roots movement. I've been saying for months

now that I want to wage a grass roots

campaign to increase literacy of Chinese

medical language and literature on the

part of students and practitioners.

I'm willing to and have every intention

to cooperate with any school that wants

to see such a program go forward. I don't

praticularly want to devote a great deal

of time or attention to political wrangling,

as I think it misses the point.

The point, I think, is contained in the

passage from Da Xue that I frequently

quote:

The men of old wanting to clarify and diffuse throughout

the empire

that light which comes from looking straight into

the heart and then

acting, first set up good government in their own

states; wanting

good government in their states, they first established

order in

their own families; wanting order in the home, they

first disciplined

themselves; desiring self-discipline, they rectified

their hearts;

and wanting to rectify their hearts, they sought

precise verbal

definnitions of their inarticulate thoughts [the

tones given off by

the heart]; wishing to attain precise verbal definitions,

they set to

extend their knowledge to the utmost. This completion

of knowledge is

rooted in sorting things into organic categories.

[...]

If the root be in confusion, nothing will be well

governed.

 

So, let's discuss whether or not such a written

statement is mutually desired or worth it.

Ken

 

 

 

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