This is continued from the previous article, Part 1 by Dr Lai Chiu Nan.
Energy leak
“Qi gong raises the energy level. This is why the person changes from a diseased state to a healthy state.
“The same with yoga. When you are tensed, you dissipate a lot of energy. Yoga helps you to relax and raises your energy level.”
Meditation, too, raises the energy level by keeping the mind still.
“Our thoughts are very, very busy,” Chiu-Nan points out. “If you try to focus on the breath, just for one minute, you will know what I mean. Let’s try to do that…
“Focus on the breath: In…Out…In…Out…Are you able? Or were you thinking of something else?
“Our mind is always busy, thinking of the past or the future. If you train the mind to just focus on the present moment, you will have more energy. You will need less sleep.
“The mind is one of the major leaks of energy. Are we are not even talking about emotional upset.
“If you are upset and you cry, for example, you feel very exhausted. Or if you suffer from a major loss, after that you feel very weak.
“On the emotional level, if there is an emotional trauma or conflict, that causes a lot of loss of energy. The people that we can’t forgive, every time we think of them, we lose energy.”
German researcher R.G Hamer, has, since 1979, collected data of over 10,000 cancer patients. He found that cancer is usually triggered by a conflict or shock, combined with the inability to speak about it, or the fact that no one would listen.
“His discovery came from his own tragedy,” Chiu-Nan relates. “In 1979, his son was killed in Italy, I think by the Mafia. Both he and his wife came down with cancer after a very short period.
“He happened to be a cancer doctor. He changed his viewpoint about the development of cancer because he saw that it could develop much quicker than generally thought, and that it can be triggered by emotional factors.
“He tried to heal his own feelings and his own mind. In that process, his cancer was reversed. He did it entirely through working with his psychology, his emotions.
“Then he started to question his patients and asked them whether, three or six months before the disease, there was some event that caused shock or conflict, and if it was something that they didn’t or couldn’t talk about, or that no one would listen.
“And he found that it was true in every case.”
Hamer’s work, unfortunately has not been translated into English. So as far as the English-speaking world is concerned, there is “no evidence”.
“By no means the mind is the only thing, “ Chiu-Nan points out.
“But if the onset or trigger is emotional or psychological, then if you can help the person resolve the shock or conflict, of course you can speed up the recovery.
“For example, we had a person come to my course who had cancer of the liver. I asked the people to recall something traumatic.
“I asked them to paint it. And I noticed that her drawing had a big black circle with red lines.
“She said, “This black circle represents my former boss. She’s a terrible person. She ill-treated every one. And the red lines show my anger towards her.”
Unconditional love
“So I asked her to recall that experience and, at the same time, breathe in blue light. Bright blue- the colour of unconditional love.
“This time, the red lines became blue. She said, ‘Now, when I think about it, the person isn’t 100 percent bad. And I realize that for me to heal, I have to forgive.’
“A few weeks later, she returned for another course. And she was looking quite different. Quite radiant.”
“Expression always dissipates anger, “ Chiu-Nan adds.
“So I always recommend that you find a good friend. If you don’t have a good friend, find a big tree. Or look into the mirror. And speak.
“Writing about it is another way. Spend 20 minutes each day writing about something traumatic or hurtful.
Don’t worry about your grammar. Just write as fast as you can.
“Do it for four days. Usually, by the fourth day, your start to look at the situation differently. You might have a new insight into the problem.
To discover if you have resolved your emotional upsets, try this:
“Conjure up the memory,” Chiu-Nan suggests, “of the most traumatic, most upsetting experience.
“And watch your breath. If your breath starts to get faster, if your heart starts to tighten up, it shows that you have not yet resolves that memory. It’s holding your energy down.
“If it is a deep scar, one has to work at it for weeks. Learn to let go.”
“On the spiritual level,” Chiu-Nan continues, “the more compassionate one is, the more one can love, the higher one’s energy.
A good heart
“Spirituality is the ability to love and to care. Regardless of what spiritual tradition one comes from, the essential part of all spiritual practices is to develop a good heart.
“Land of Medicine Buddha has a very funny name: Centre for Healing and Developing a Good Heart.
“Because healing and a good heart really go hand-in-hand.
“So in one’s spiritual development, the most essential part is to open one’s heart, to love beyond one’s inner circle of family and friends.
“When we are faced with those we love, we are happy.
“If we can increase the circle of those we love, naturally we are more happy more often. If everyone we meet is dear to us and we care for them, it doesn’t matter where we go, or where we are. We are happy.
“When we are having a conversation with a good friend we feel very energetic. But when we’re with someone we dislike, the longer we talk, the more tired we are.
“Happiness raises energy.”
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