Skepticism vs. Prejudice

     It's definitely different from what you normally see and do at the doctor's office!  So before you have time to form an opinion, let me make a suggestion:  Please feel free to be as skeptical as you like--but please, don't allow yourself to be prejudiced!
      Skepticism is an excellent, constructive, quality for the scientifically minded person who enjoys learning new, useful information.  Prejudice is a universally destructive quality that always impedes progress and stifles understanding of new experiences.
      That said, I admit that the first time I witnessed Contact Reflex Analysis (CRA), I was prejudiced against it.  "It's too far out!"  "My Clients will never accept it!"  "I'm not so sure I believe it myself!"
      When I got home from the seminar and tried to show Melissa what I had learned, she showed wonderful restraint, but now admits she thought I might have gone off the deep end.  CRA is just that incredible--yet it works, and so we need to try to understand it as best we can.

Energy
I thought I understood energy until I taught physics.  As a student, I could mathematically define energy and use the numbers to work problems.  But when I began teaching physics in a university in South America, I realized that I didn't really understand all the concepts used in the definition.
     So let's keep it simple and think about an experience with energy that most of us have had:  television! 
     Have you ever tried to change the reception on a television (or radio) and noticed that sometimes your mere presence causes changes before you even touch the set?  If so, you have experienced a form of energy that emanates from your body.  If not, or if you prefer a more esoteric discussion of the electromagnetic energy that permeates the living body, I refer you to a book by Dr. Robert Becker, The Body Electric.
     For now, I assume you are with me and ready for the next leap in thought:   acupuncture!
     Eastern doctors have known that the bodies of all living things are permeated by energy which they call "chi" (pronounced "key") for thousands of years.  They learned to detect minute imbalances in the chi of their patients, and then to correct the imbalances first by nutrition, then by "painlessly" inserting small needles into "hot spots" located along energy channels called "meridians."
     It is said that the "hot spots" were first identified when injured soldiers returned from battle with arrows in certain parts of their anatomy and reported that their chronic maladies had disappeared.  Their doctors noted these observations, and acupuncture was born.