Therapeutic Touch and Poetry

Both TT and poetry are about the unseen, the nuances below the surface of things. Many of us are not gifted enough to see the human energy field; yet, we interact with it constantly - and can learn to do so deliberately for the greater good. Poetry illustrates the unseen connections the outer world has to our inner processes - the greater meanings we derive that are not always apparent.

There is a transfer of energy in spoken word. The audience receives the resonance of the poetry, and the poet receives a wave of acknowledgement from the audience.

In Therapeutic Touch - and other forms of energy medicine - there is a transmission that occurs between practitioner and receiver.

It may be that the most honest interactions we have are the ones that we acknowledge involve a transfer of energy between individuals. We are not islands unto ourselves. Our very thoughts have an effect on the people around us.

We can be beacons of light, spreading joy and awakening to others, or we can be black holes, sucking energy from people and surroundings. Most of the time, we are somewhere in between, pulling energy or pushing it.

To truly have world peace, we must become peaceful within ourselves, neither pushing nor pulling energy, but gently radiating out the light, sharing it with our fellow beings.