Comments on: Mind Body Spirit: An Introduction

By: Derick

Derick — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:46:01 +0000

The non-religious part of “spirit” is really the main part of it. Religion is but one part of being a spiritual person”.

By: MY

MY — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:01:38 +0000

Very interesting topic. I’m definitely looking forward to your following posts, especially the spirit one because that one just went right over my head. And make sure that when you’re explaining the spirit sphere, to not only explain from a religious point of view but also from a non-religious point also. Thanks.

By: Derick

Derick — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:18:16 +0000

Meg:

Thanks for stopping by and for taking the time to comment!

You’d be surprised how many people I met at the hospital that had let their physical health go and then couldn’t understand why they were having psychological issues. That M/B connection you saw at massage school was a new and foreign idea to them. I guess that’s a lot of the premise behind massage therapy too, huh?

I read an interesting theory about the power of words once (it’s been a few years so I can’t recall the source). According to one school of thought, the words we’ve made up to describe the world are just that - made up. But throughout our evolution we’ve associated those words with universal ideals and so, to our subconscious, they mean something very powerful. When we speak, our vocal chords make sounds, but our mind hears - and acts on - whatever those associations are (be they literal interpretations of the word or something else). Kinda goes along with what you’ve observed and studied.

Thanks again for stopping by and I look forward to hearing more of your insights!

By: meg

meg — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 04:19:27 +0000

Hello-
I found your blog from the root of Scott’s photos at Backyard Chicken Forums. He created quite a stir with his “James Dean-ian” pouty pose as his avatar. I surfed over to readermeetauthor.com and found your blog, which has been really interesting. I’ve bookmarked it and will be reading {and commenting, since you don’t seem to like lurkers ;-) } more in the future.

I really like your MBS entry; I went to massage school when I turned 40 (have a BS in Mbio and have been earning money as an accountant/office manager for 15 years) and really learned about the MBS connection there. I saw it in action, and also saw the way the M/B connection really controls a person’s health. I have also come to the belief that our brain listens to the words our mouths say, even if we think the words are meaningless, and I’ve seen several cases where it seemed as though our brain (consciousness? whatever…) took the words our mouths were saying and created a new reality from them. I thought that was particularly interesting, since I was also studying Buddhism and Comparative Religions. Within the span of a week, I read that Buddhists believe in the “trinity” of creation: thought, word, and deed. Shortly after that, I read Genesis, where God THINKS about creating the world, SPEAKS it, and then DOES it. Now, I believe the bible is mostly parable, poetry, and metaphor (with a little history thrown in just to make one wonder), but I did find the parallel interesting.

Anyway, I look forward to more posts about this and other things. It’ll take a while to go through your archive. I only read one other blog: aagblog.com, so I think between the two blogs, I will have all the stimulation my mind, body, and spirit needs!

Thanks for your perseverance!