Over the years, I’ve been very curious to unite the two worlds of Western and Classical Chinese medicine. I know that this might seem impossible, yet the direction it will come from will be in the science of quantum physics. In particular the science within consciousness. It is like all things fresh and new, one needs to really be clear what is science and what is fantasy masked as science. Finding the underlying philosophical principle and applying the science to human health, performance, and evolution. What if this were possible? How would it impact an individual’s life?

Having had the privilege to practice a material based medicine as well an energetic based medicine has given me a few insights into both strengths and limitations in each approach.

Western medicine, for all it’s successes and limitations can at least stand upon the philosophical foundation of materialism. From this viewpoint comes the science, making it a viable basis for investment and research. So at least it’s a consistent model. Yet it has definitely hit its ceiling limit and isn’t actually progressing any further despite massive investment of money and human effort.

Yet the materialist model of reality, upon which Western medicine is based, cannot explain  paradoxes such as placebo, nocebo, distant healing, prayer, spontaneous remissions. In fact materialists have yet to produce consciousness from a computer or biological matter. This is known as the 'hard' question to champions of materialist philosophy - how does matter produce the creative genius of being alive?

By contrast, the field of medicine called complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), is made up of fractious entities and has very mixed receptions. Some individuals swear by it, others deride it. Indeed it works, I know. Yet the medicines of Chinese medicine, homeopathy, Ayurveda, hands on or remote healing, each have their own theoretical and philosophical foundations. The thing with CAM is that they don’t appear to have a clear philosophical principle from which they can stand on and be clearly communicated, researched or taught as a consistent field of study and application. Outcomes appear spurious, nor can they be easily replicated. The language they use doesn’t help very much unless you buy fully into the philosophy.

Yet these models, based upon an energetic language doesn't fully explain the fact that, despite taking these remedies, and attending for healing sessions, more miracles don't occur, and that the physical body still gets sick and requires western medical interventions when it malfunctions.

So we do to the spiritual dimension - yet again one does feel infinitely well - yet there still occurs imbalances in energy and demise of the physical body.

Wo that's the way forward to ingrate these layers of the human experience? So is there a way forward to unite these apparently very separate world views? Is there an emergent science that can finally marry these into one language? Can it be inclusive and also play to the strengths of all these medicines? How would this impact upon human health, performance and evolution?

To my mind I believe so! 

The philosophy, science, knowledge, and research already exists. The other fields of humanity have already begun integrating the science of quantum physics to the material advancement in technology and science. It is from the field of quantum physics that the "science within consciousness" (Goswami) has broken through with the unifying principle that can include all the traditions of medicine.

The premise is that

• consciousness if the ground of being from which everything else arises
• there is no such thing as an objective world, only a subjective one
• there are no contradictions, indeed only harmony and consistency within all the current fields of medicine.

This is astoundingly good news.

Over time I shall be posting my understanding and more importantly the application of this information towards impacting the people with whom I am invited to work with. It’s an evolving documentation of my exploration into the underlying principle of consciousness.


References
The Quantum Doctor, Amit Goswami
Mind To Matter, Dawson Church
The Enlightened Gardener, Syd Banks

The physical signs and mental symptoms that are given a diagnosis by Western medicine indicates the extent of depletion of the body’s resources and function over the span of your life so far. A diagnosis however does not indicate why it’s become this way and how it can be transformed. This is the part that I hope you’ll discover with our work together

To my mind signs and symptoms indicate how far we’ve been out of touch with the boundlessly source of wellbeing within - our true home. 

It’s like we’ve travelled to a place far from home and gotten lost in it’s attractions. Yet these things can keep us distracted only for so long. Deep down we are homesick and eventually experience this as symptoms of being ill at ease. 

This inner sense of home sickness eventually surfaces on and in the physical body. This takes us to the physicians, who run tests and scans and give us a name and some cure to keep the symptoms and signs at bay. 

Yet the underlying problem has not been addressed and the symptoms of home sickness can only be suppressed for so long until further issues arise which are called side effects.

When we awaken to this innate wellbeing, we become present to a deep sense of peace and aliveness - we feel we’ve come home. The symptoms of mental dis-ease subsides. As we settle and live with ease from this space, our the symptoms of a sick physical body has a greater chance of healing itself, and many other aspects of our life can unfold in an effortless manner. 


What you can expect 

When you begin work with me, you can expect to experience a greater sense of wellbeing. This will make the recovery from physical symptoms more likely. Unlike a building project, the rate and extent of recovery of the body is variable and cannot be accurately predicted since this depends upon many factors that are beyond our control. 

With your commitment to show up, go in the direction which I point, and stay on course, we can certainly attune you to the underlying creative and restorative force in nature and allow it to work it’s wonders.

The capacity of a human being to heal is remarkable and can not yet be fully explained by the prevailing scientific view. I’d go so far to say that this capacity is limitless and for good reason, which I’ll reserve for another article.

So whilst not wishing to give false assurances, it would be remiss not to mention that there is every possibility for a complete remission of the illness. It’s actually curious why these things aren’t more the focus of further research and study.


References
Radical Remission, Kelly Turner, PhD
Spontaneous Healing, Andrew Weill, MD
How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body, David Hamilton, PhD

​Humans beings are essentially made from stardust which contains limitless possibilities!
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a. matter (aka stardust) - the physical, tangible parts of the physical body, and
b. consciousness (aka limitless possibilities) - the non-physical, intangible things that animates life. 

The living body has a remarkable capacity to heal. When we understand the principles that underpin this we can effectively learn to prevent or to heal  from sickness.

The philosophy behind Western medicine, based upon the materialist, mechanistic view, regards the physical body as a machine with separate parts which can be fixed when it malfunctions. It also views that consciousness somehow arises from this collection of physical material. In other words it cannot fully explain what consciousness is or how exactly it works, referring to it as "the ghost in the machine".  For some aspects of health, it’s a good model, up to a point. 

A few of the mechanisms for how the body can functions have been discovered in the fields of anatomy & physiology. Yet the question remains as to why these parts should function at all, let alone so astonishingly well, remains somewhat mysterious. In other words the anatomy (what the body is) and the physiology (how it functions) has been well mapped out. Yet the physics (the why the body functions at all and so well)  hasn't quiet been resolved by the materialistic view.

Cue the philosophy that underpins CCM, which alludes to an invisible force behind the workings of universal processes. This force is referred to as qi. Indeed physicists such as David Bohm have also arrived at this possibility.

I think the forces that govern the physical world such as gravity, magnetism, and electricity, are a subset of this universal life force.

This force that powers all life processes is not so abstract as it initially sounds. One can observe this in everything from conception, to growth of the body, through to natural order in nature, keeping the planets in orbit as well as the magnitude of order in the cosmos. This same force also governs the functioning of the physical body. It functions without us thinking or knowing about it. When one doesn’t try to impose any conceptual explanations, one can only marvel at how intricately ordered everything is. This alludes to the possibility of a magnificent creative force behind all of this. Humanity has placed many names to try to rationalise this occurrence, yet it remains beyond definition, and functions for all of life. It just is.

The very same force is at work in keeping our body functioning in the way it does, despite the injuries, traumas, and incredible stresses one puts upon it. From one point of view these forces act to protect and sustain humanity.

For instance before Newton discovered it, the force of gravity still exerted it’s function on all things. Yet since it’s discovery humanity has been able to harness it’s power for many astounding material advancements.

The philosophy which underpins CCM offers a compelling and fairly consistent explanation to the underlying physics - or forces - that shapes the why of life. Over it’s nearly 5000 year history it’s learned to harness, refine, write about it and pass on this understanding. Once we learn to tap into this force, it can offer astounding advances in human wellbeing.  CCM  has innovated tools and methods for tapping into and harnessing this force towards all aspects of human health, performance, and evolution

There are many ways which CCM can help us to attune us to and direct this force towards health and healing.. Acupuncture is one such tool, and that I’m proficient at. There are other tools which can be taught and practiced such as food therapy, qigong exercises, and meditation for self-directed healing.

Of course a model or theory is merely a representation of reality, not reality itself. In other words the map is not the territory. So when applying the theories of CCM to formulating an individual health plan, it’s important to be mindful of this for both physician and patient.

References
The Quantum Doctor, Amit Goswami
Mind to Matter, Dawson Church

Lately I've been pondering the link between wellbeing and health, how I currently understand and experience in myself, and what I've observed over the many years of treating and helping people with their health and healing.

A small yet significant number of people who have long term disruptions to the architecture and function of the body, somehow experience a complete remission. This occurs by some mechanism which has hitherto defied materialist scientific reasoning.

I've been fascinated by accounts of and research into these cases of spontaneous remissions from cancer and near death experiences. I've witnessed a few of them myself. There aren't many that are this dramatic, yet they are enough to captivate my inquisitive mind as to the possible mechanism which underpin these magical occurrences. 


Wellbeing & health

Health and wellbeing are related yet not the same thing, at least that's how it seems to my mind.

Health refers mostly to the functioning of the physical body - this is a variable.

Wellbeing is an underlying constant and refers to a sense of being just so in mind and emotions, regardless of the circumstances or state of physical health.

We all know and have experienced moments of tremendous wellbeing, when everything feels just right, when anything is possible, despite the circumstances or level of physical health we find ourselves. These moments, however, seem far from being a constant. When we learn simple methods for accessing this state by appropriately attending to our mind/consciousness., e can come to actually experience this as a constant state.

We can say that when we are in touch with a deep sense of wellbeing, the restoration of physical health often swiftly follows. In instances where physical health cannot be fully restored we can actually remain with and even experience a deeper sense of wellbeing.
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To illustrate the link between wellbeing and the restoration of health we can look at a human being as being composed of broadly three aspects.

Three aspects of being human

Let’s look at what a human being is made up of to begin to appreciate the link between wellbeing & health.

1. The structure of the body  - flesh and bones, inner organs, brain.
2. The function of the body  - blood, fluids, hormones, immunity, nervous system.
3. The inhabitant in the body - this is the ethereal of a human being, consciousness,  which is housed by and animates the body.

In health all these aspects function synergistically to give a sense of  life and vitality. When not working well these aspects can become imbalanced, disorganised, and if left unattended, can lead to degeneration of the body.


What can we reasonably expect Classical Chinese Medicine to Heal?

There are broadly three possible outcomes that one can reasonably expect from CCM treatments.

1. In conditions when all three aspects are imbalanced yet their integrity remains intact - we can reasonably expect a swift recovery.
2. In conditions where there is a disruption to the function yet the structure of the body isn’t greatly compromised -  the person can be helped to access their innate wellbeing, which can be greatly help restore the function to optimal.
3. In conditions where both the function and structure are compromised - the person can be helped to access their innate wellbeing,  and the function and architecture may improve to some degree.

When we are in touch with a boundless sense of wellbeing it can have a very good impact upon the function and architecture of the body. This can always be accessed and deepened whatever the circumstances or state of a person's physical health.

So the strength of CCM is actually to connect you to an inner space of boundless wellbeing. This activates and mobilises the body's structure and function to restore health swiftly and effectively where possible. When a complete restoration of health isn’t possible then we can always access and remain with a deep sense of wellbeing.

References
Radical Remission, Kelly A Turner
Dying To Be Me, Anita Moorjani
Proof of Heaven, Eben Alexander

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