Digest Number 1116

[Guest guest]

Dean,

 

>

> Thanks Z'ev, this is the type of thread that I

> was hoping to establish with my recent response

> to the " invest in loss " thread. It seemed to

> fall on deaf ears.

 

Don't worry about the deaf ears.

They hear everything.

 

Perhaps people thought I was

> being sarcastic by asking about acupuncturists

> who aerobicise, I was a little. But the query

> is real, and to my mind important.

> What is the relationship between the way we

> " eat, sleep and live " , as you put it, and the

> practice of CM?

 

This is a darn good question. I'd add

to your list, the way we think and

the way we express our thoughts and

feelings.

 

The way we process information not

only reflects but to some extent

determines the way we see the world

and interact with others in it.

 

Eating, sleeping, and of course

living all involve information

processing. If you read the

prerequisites to the study of

medicine written by Sun Si Miao,

you can get the traditional Chinese

perspective on the question you pose.

 

The great Tang dynasty physician

said that if you're not familiar

with the various schools of thought,

all of which include fairly extensive

theory and methodology about how

to eat, sleep, live, think, and

otherwise conduct oneself in this

world, you won't know how to live

your daily life.

 

A doctor who does not know how to

live his or her daily life can

scarcely expect to help others

put their own lives into harmony.

 

 

> My notion is that this may be difficult to

> discuss, because, of course, we are a

> profession and not a religion.

 

One wonders at times.

 

But, is it a

> more important for this profession than perhaps

> that of accountants or hairdressers?

> And what of religion?, clearly we are of many

> and varied traditions, but CM has been

> practiced by people of many religions for many

> centuries. What are the " universal aspects of

> spirituality that can be established " that you

> mention?

> My bias is that it may be easier for a person

> coming from a particular tradition, like

> yourself, to gleam the universal aspects that

> his or her tradition shares with another than

> someone who perceives themselves as coming from

> no tradition. any thoughts?

 

Personally, I don't come from any religious

tradition. Nor do I adhere to any religious

tradition. I have no way of knowing whether

or not this makes it easier or more difficult

for me to understand anything. But I believe

that the answers, at least, to what the

Chinese have had to say about the matter

are all available to anyone who cares to

know.

 

 

> You mention that " There is an emphasis on

> upright living and the practice of the

> Ayurvedic lifestyle among the students " . are

> students encouraged to study other aspects of

> Hinduism?

> These are just a few thoughts and queries on

> what I consider to be a topic that has multiple

> and significant bearing on the present and

> future of CM, outside and inside China. I

> would appreciate your and others ideas on this.

>

Again, I think it's an excellent question

and an important line of inquiry.

 

Thanks for bringing it up again.

 

Ken

[Guest guest]

Ken:

 

The great Tang dynasty physiciansaid that if you're not familiarwith the various schools of thought,all of which include fairly extensivetheory and methodology about howto eat, sleep, live, think, andotherwise conduct oneself in thisworld, you won't know how to liveyour daily life.A doctor who does not know how tolive his or her daily life canscarcely expect to help othersput their own lives into harmony.Marco:

 

that is why I said - Values that are related to the physician and values that are "held" by the physician both related to the practice-patients.

 

 

Just that I need more practice how to articulate the spoken word to the written word...

 

Marco