Week 6 - Vibrations

Are all vibrations “good”?

People have a tendency to refer to the Tao and other religions when things become difficult in their lives, by saying things like “all things happen for a reason” or “all things are created in the light and love of god”.  In this way I have to say that all vibrations are “good” because in this way of thinking all things are “good”. Referring to some of the articles that we read in week six, though, I see that sometimes vibrations can become problematic.  For example, the resonances reacting in catstrophic ways like in the cases of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and the Mac Carther Maze collapsing.  Also, I think we have all had experiences where someone we come into contact with has “vibes” that disturb the vibration we carry on our own.  These examples could be described as “bad” but on a deeper level, isn’t there a reason why we are being presented with a different vibration or frequency?  Perhaps “bad” is just a word we use to describe something different that we are afraid of because we haven’t yet learned how to integrate it, and thus it is really holding the potential to be “good” because it offers us a chance to grow and change (or rebuild a bridge or freeway!).

Resonance in my world

Sometimes I wish these questions were asking me about the life I wish I were experiencing instead of the one that I really am.  I would love to talk about the resonance I experience when I am living a peaceful harmonious existence.  Living in the city does not really lend itself to a frequency of peaceful harmonious resonance, for example, the house I just signed a one year lease for is less than 100 yards away from three different freeway over-crossings.  The overwhelming resonance is a minor shaking of the house with a major background of white noise.  It’s okay because I am studying something I really love and I just pretend that the cars in the background are waves at the beach and then it can be kind of meditative. 

Connections I can make between Energy and Qi?

Qi and energy are the same thing.  Qi moves in waves like water.  It is somewhat unquantifiable.  But in terms of relativity you can measure if there is too much or not enough in relation to the other forms of matter.  Qi and energy are the names we give to the “powers” that make movement.  Qi is a term that describes the potential energy contained in any living being.  Thus in their actions and functions they are so similar that I feel comfortable calling them the same.