Congratulations, Miravone, on your pregnancy!!! What an exciting
time for you and your family! I am very happy for you! As Miravone
is going through an amazing time of transition and change right
now, it appears many people are also going through a time of
transition and change in different ways. In AOM, this is understood
as a very healthy and natural process with the coming of
spring.
I have been noticing many of my friends, colleagues, and family
members experiencing a rapid amount of transitions right now--some
regarding health, others relationships and others school. Some are
experiencing transitions in all three. I think we are all faced
with transitions in life; it's as factual as the flow of yin and
yang in AOM. But, I think what makes a transition easy or difficult
is our willingness and ability to move and change as the transition
enters our life. I think sometimes we can get lost or stuck in the
transition and never take the jump to make the change. I think the
fear of the jump is usually bigger than the actual leap of
faith.
I know countless students have expressed feeling this way trying
to decide whether to begin the AOM program. Since it is so
different from what many people have grown up to understand in a
conventional medical society, jumping full force into AOM can be a
big decision. I know it was for me. I finally just had to jump and
see what happened. I think that holds true for me in most areas of
my life. I can spend all day philosophizing on the "what ifs", and
thinking about all the possible outcomes, but that's where it's so
easy to get stuck and never take a leap of faith. I've learned that
jumping, after a healthy level of transition and decision-making,
is the only way for me to follow my dreams.
In the past I have jumped and realized it was a path to lead me
to another path. This time, with AOM, I have realized this jump was
the one that lead me to where I belong. I think had I kept thinking
about all my fears and "what ifs" a few years ago, I would still be
living the life I had then and missed out on so much.
In acupuncture, we have a treatment called the Buddha's
triangle. It is a set of three triangles that create a very
grounding effect. This treatment is often used in clinic when a
patient is in a place of transition and seeking help with
direction. Through the acupuncture energetic response, patients
tend to gain more clarity in the paths they seek to take. One of
the triangles is shown in picture above.
Years ago, a mentor of mine constantly told me "change is good"
during a very difficult time of my life. The optimist in me desired
to believe her, but at that time, those words were very hollow. I
was also young and had little proof of this reality. She explained
to me how everything had to change in order for new growth to come.
She showed me just as new buds must sprout out of the ground to
someday make flowers, we, too, must have the courage to allow
ourselves to blossom into who we are meant to become. Little did I
know then, how true her words were and how much I would grow to
believe them. They are also a core belief in AOM, showing the
ever-flowing change of yin into yang, and yang into yin. They are
the Universal and internal changes that move us into new
beginnings.