1. It has no business being part of the curriculum.

2. I wish those in universities (primarily) would extract the digits and do some basic research on HOW it works. In this way we could actually set about integrating the two approaches. Once this has been done we will have one curriculum. Until then it is just a waste of time (and because it impedes graduating more students more quickly a betrayal of the students and the clients who would benefit from treatment).

天人地

Our job as humans is to walk the middle path. So when confronted with a slew of materialist science, I accept it for what it is: Earth Qi. Now, maybe you could say its not Qi, its just matter, and I’d probably agree. But even matter has a Qi behind it but nevertheless it is definitely from the earth plane and as such valuable. The point is, it needs to be in context of its relationship to the non-material – and there’s the rub. I find myself constantly standing alone when trying to do this. We’re truly in no-man’s land in trying to integrate and it is going to be that way probably for the rest of our lives. This is why I appreciate Dr. Kalnins’ classes so very much. He gives even the process of integration a beautiful context. We are alone in this position of integration because it is our path as humans to integrate the two paths.

Oh and another reason to know it: if you practice in CA, like I might, you can be a primary care physician as an LAc.

just some thoughts.