Terribly Sorry, Was Tormented by Sciatica All Night

2008/8/30 19:14:19

This title is a bit incoherent — which perfectly reflects this ID's actual state from last night to today, worse than incoherent by a factor of incoherent. Still that sciatic nerve. Last night I had someone come over and figured one injection and a massage would do the trick, but it was too late and raining hard. I thought — surely I can get through one night with one fewer injection? Turns out no, you cannot skip even one. Without it, I couldn't sleep a single second the entire night.

This condition is not a major illness. Following the procedure, it can be resolved, but it takes time — hence the annoyance. In the morning I had someone come, got a massage and then one injection, and after that everything was fine. Then I could eat heartily, drink heartily, and sleep heartily — what a tedious affair. The red dust of this world is always like this.

The injection is just a standard anti-inflammatory and nerve-nourishing shot. The effect is that good. But for a real cure, the blocked areas must be physically pressed open. The extraordinary healer does not deal with these miscellaneous matters. He has been very busy lately because his main profession is scientific research, and there is some project requiring technology certification or something by October. He is extremely busy. He is also an extremely meticulous person. He once said that his graduate students produced a 20,000-30,000 word paper in just a few days, and he berated them thoroughly, saying that for himself, such a paper would take at least two to three years — every sentence, every data point must be personally and repeatedly verified before he dares publish. With someone like this, there is probably no way to make him less meticulous.

Meticulousness is a habit. He spent 45 years honing this singular skill, so it certainly cannot be taken lightly. That day he also said he doesn't dare claim 100% certainty with every type of cancer, because there are some he has never encountered. The rest he can basically handle. And he does not approach this purely from a Chinese medicine angle — because he is a researcher, the segmented changes of cells across different types and their patterns are all backed by decades of experimental records. So this is not something improvised through guesswork. It is still the product of meticulousness and hard work. The skills of the red dust — what among them is not earned this way?

However, he also delivered a piece of unwelcome news: he has no experience with AIDS and therefore does not know how to treat it. It seems this ID must be extremely careful about injection hygiene. Absolutely cannot have problems on that front. Right now cancer is the common cold; AIDS is still the big problem. Cannot be careless.

That said, according to this ID's theory, AIDS is also completely resolvable. But this ID's biggest problem right now is the lack of technical-level skill. The principles are very transparent, but there has been no hands-on practice. For example, the extraordinary healer's methods can all be logically derived within this ID's theoretical framework — which is why this ID knew instantly upon hearing them that I had encountered someone who truly understands. This is the illumination of principle upon principle. But in actual operations, the specific techniques — this ID has never performed them. So if this ID were to treat someone, I could only give the broad direction, then tell you to find such-and-such and have such-and-such done. But having this ID personally do it? No chance.

Meeting the extraordinary healer was originally intended to learn some genuine, concrete skills, so as to personally treat those with the right karmic connection in the future. It seems that for now this still isn't going to happen. I can only patiently wait for the right opportunity.

Of course, this ID has one absolutely reliable method that is effective regardless of the illness — namely, to undertake corresponding cultivation based on this ID's theory. This can absolutely handle any situation. It works from the root. But it requires time and a certain degree of wisdom in the patient. For those who have a major problem right now, there is always the lament of distant water and nearby fire. It seems that worldly affairs are always hard to have both ways. One does one's best.

Rambling on like this, mainly because after a full day of being tormented, I don't feel like writing lessons. The Chinese medicine piece will have to wait until tomorrow.