PHILOSOPHY OF MERIDIAN ENERGY POWER FLOWS
Dr. John Thie

Energy and Power
The human being and other living things are self healing and self reproducing in a cycle of life. This cycle is governed by universal laws which are discovered and utilized by the human race to fulfill its purpose. These laws can be physical, mental, emotional, chemical or spiritual. All of the laws work together and do not contradict each other. The discovery of these universal laws is not limited to any group of people or any individual. If one makes the discovery of an apparent law it may or may not apply to all other humans under all circumstances. It may, therefore, not be accepted by others as a universal law or scientific troth, until it is tested by others and then proven to also be truth.

In oriental medical philosophy we have learned that there is an energy that is magnetic having a north pole and a south pole and this energy is expressed in the body as positive and negative polarities. The positive power is called "yang" or male and the negative power is called "yin" or female. The yin energy flows in general from the feet toward the head and the yang from the head toward the feet. The body as a whole and in its subdivisions has both the positive within the negative and the negative within the positive.

The energy or power force is called "chi" in Chines, "ki" in Japanese, while others interpret it as a "universal energy." The Hebrew creation account gives the life energy as the breath of life being breathed by God into the first human, who then became a living being. This hand of God is holding the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.

In the Christian tradition the Power is synonymous with the "Word of God" . and that life was the light of mankind. That true light gives light to every person who comes into the world, sustains all things, was before all things and holds all things together. In this tradition, which is my belief, energy power is not a nebulous force or impersonal universal energy, but this energy power is in the person of Jesus Christ who is the Word. the Truth, the Life, and the Light of the world. in whom we live and move and have our being.

Learning the laws of how this energy power is used for wholeness and health is one of the purposes of becoming as fully human as we were designed to be. Discoveries by people allover the world help us understand our intelligently designed bodies and how to behave and perform at our best levels.

What is a Meridian?
Acupressure vessels, or meridians, are located throughout the body. They are the pathways of the positive and negative energy power which carries on some of the communication between the parts of human beings. These meridians have been measured and mapped by modem technological methods; electronically, thematically, and radioactively. With practice and awareness they can be felt There are specific acupuncture points along the meridians. These points are electro-magnetic in character and consist of small palpable spots which can be located by hand, with micro-electrical voltage meters and with muscle testing, when they are abnormally functioning. These points are connections between the positive and negative meridians and functions of the body, including the internal organs and muscles. There are 500 points that have been mapped and used for centuries for specific improvements in human performance. The sequence of activating these points depends on the improvement desired.

The meridians have been named by the life function with which they seem to be associated. In most cases, this name is similar to the name of a gross organ we're familiar with, yet muscle indication of energy power blockage does not mean there's damage to the organ named. we cannot say that a weak muscle means a weak organ - we can only note that a portion of the meridian energy power flow indicates blockage or constriction.

The traditional Chinese physician can detect imbalances in the meridians by feeling the pulses, but this is a sensitive touch, and it may take 10-20 years to develop proficiency in all its intricacies. Touch for Health uses muscle testing to detect some of these same imbalances, taking advantage of the body's intelligently designed mechanisms to let us discover what is going on inside from the outside.

Muscle Balancing
In Touch for Health, we use muscle testing to find out how well energy is flowing within the body. A muscle which tests weak indicates some blockage or constriction in the energy flow. The process we use to unblock the energy and restore balance to the system is called balancing. There is no such thing as a Touch for Health treatment Instead, no matter what the person has in the way of symptoms, we balance the body energies, and strengthen all of the weak muscles we find; this brings the posture into better balance.

Touch for Health does not cuer or heal anything. In fact, no "healer" ever heals -- it is the body itself which performs the healing process. Each cell contains the complete blueprint for constructing an entire body; in fact, all of the cells in our bodies (except those in the central nervous system) are replaced at least every seven years. Some authorities now believe that all elements are replaced every nine months, and many cells are replaced much more quickly than that - cells of the intestinal tract live only 36 hours. Nothing is beyond the power of the body's own healing process. Our understanding is not great enough to know why or even precisely how this process works, so what we do is balance the energy flow and the posture, putting the body in the best possible state from which to heal itself. There are fourteen major meridians. The simplest Touch for Health balancing involves checking one muscle associated with each of these fourteen meridian.