Energy Medicine and Energy Fields

It is interesting how "energy medicine" is gaining acceptance in the United States. Eastern practices of acupuncture as well as meditation and tai chi are permeating into mainstream curiosity. I think that it has been difficult for people in America to fully accept acupuncture because of a different cultural framework and insufficient Western terminology or language to understand what acupuncture is and how it works. It can make acupuncture seem simplistic, mysterious, or magical. Nonetheless the effectiveness of acupuncture as a type of "energy medicine" as spread anecdotally and the reputation of aiding ailments where Western medicine is deficient, such as with stroke paralysis or pain, has pushed acupuncture into more mainstream acceptance. The coverage of acupuncture by some insurance companies is one indicator of how the effectiveness of energy medicine is being acknowledged in Western society.

I think it is fascinating that Kirlian photography is able to capture auras of a person or object. Even more fascinating is how the aura of a person can change after receiving an acupuncture treatment. In a way, Kirlian is proof of energy and how acupuncture has a substantial affect on energy. I am curious to see Kirlian photography and the colors that come up with the aura. It is interesting to think of how colors are associated with certain energetic qualities. It makes me think of the vibrational characteristic of the color being similar to the vibrational characteristic of a person's aura and energy state.

Intention has an affect on health and wellbeing on an energetic level. I think about how setting an intention brings alignment and openness within the internal energetic lines, and that can create a pathway that makes it more accessible to achieve alignment and openness in the external body and surrounding environment. It is interesting to consider how the external can be a reflection of the internal, so by cultivating the internal with right intention, the external can shift as well.