This is part of a definition essay I wrote for research class while earning my Master of Arts in Transpersonal Psychology. Humans have practiced various forms of energy medicine therapies for over 5000 years. Feinstein and Eden, (2008) explain, “energy medicine is based on the supposition that illness results from disturbances in the body’s energiesContinue reading “Reiki Healing”
Author Archives: Karrie Loomis
Ox and Horse
by Karie Loomis Ox spent his life working the wheat field. Never receiving benefit of its yield. Year after year, wheat did grow. For whom, Ox did not know. Ox loved a human. The one he called master. The man usually kind, no matter the disaster. Time past. Ox not as strong. Took all hisContinue reading “Ox and Horse”
The Farmer’s Luck
The Farmer’s Luck (One of my favorite Zen stories.) There was once an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years.One day, his horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, his neighbors came to visit. “Such bad luck, ” they said sympathetically. “Maybe,” the farmer replied. The next morning the horse returned bringing withContinue reading “The Farmer’s Luck”
Dad’s Promise
Dad’s Promise by Karrie Loomis Dad would often come home to another stinking mess left in the bathroom by my grandpa who had dementia. Whenever Gramps’s poop smeared beyond the toilet lid, my sister and I’d let Dad handle the situation. “When I’m old, I will not live with you girls,” Dad promised his teenageContinue reading “Dad’s Promise”
Michigan
Michigan! writing and photos by Karrie Loomis Mason My roots. Mason’s courthouse was in the 2011 film Real Steel. Our restored 1854 pink schoolhouse. Mason is a rural area… so, basically, I’m a country bumpkin! The Annual Michigan Steam Engine & Threshers Club is held in Mason during the last weekend of July. The InghamContinue reading “Michigan”
Thoughts Matter
Thoughts Matter by Karrie Loomis Google told me, on the site usgs.gov, that “…up to 60% of the human adult body is water. According to H.H. Mitchell, Journal of Biological Chemistry 158, the brain and heart are composed of 73% water, and the lungs are about 83% water.” According to Dr. Masaru Emoto’s research, thoughts and words affectContinue reading “Thoughts Matter”
Right Brain/Left Brain
Is this shoe pink and white or grey and green? Right Brain/Left Brain by Karrie Loomis If you see pink and white your right brain (creativity) is dominant. If you see grey and green your left brain (logic) is dominant… or so they say. A few weeks ago, my sister, Kellie, forwarded this photo toContinue reading “Right Brain/Left Brain”
Blind Men
Blind Men and the Elephant written by John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887) photos by Karrie Loomis (My favorite poem.) It was six men of Indostan, To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The First approach’d the Elephant, And happening to fallContinue reading “Blind Men”