These three words are as old as the Samurai and remain sacred in the Martial Art world. They are the corner stone of humanity, morality, what it means to be. …human! It seems in resent history these words and their meaning have been lost or replaced. Replaced with the idea of science and intellectual material pursuits. We seem to have all that we need…law, medicine, advanced electronic devices and so on. Were did Honor, Respect and Courage go...

A student and his teacher set at a table in one of the larger rooms in the temple. Nothing is being spoken between them as the sensei (teacher) watches a fly limp across the table. The fly takes flight circles the room and lands on a paper screen. The sensei quietly opens a drawer in the table a takes out an acupuncture needle. He slowly walks to the opposite side of the paper screen were the fly has landed, pauses, studies the abdomen of the...

Quite a bit has been written on the subject of eastern philosophy. Expositions regarding Taoism, Buddhism, and Hindu seem to be the most popular. The Dali Lama, Dr.Depok Chropra, Dr.Andrew Weil and Nancy Wilson Ross to name a few have helped introduce Eastern Philosophy to the United States. Often interpretations vary as well as their English translation. During the past few decades we have witnessed an increase in published work as well as...

Recently I have become fascinated with the term domestic or domesticating, it’s many meanings and how the process affects our lives. One such definition I find timely if not freighting is: make fit for cultivation, domestic life and service to humans. When we state service to humans are we referring to animals, humans or both? The French word for domestic is domestique a derivative of the word domus or house. The Latin term for domestic is...

PTSD and Pain Dr. Jeffrey Meyer   Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is most often associated with the military service. In combat solders are living twenty-four hours a day in fight or flight mode. That aspect of your brain that keeps you alert and prepared to protect yourself. Folks who have never been in the military also experience trauma, psychologically and physically. Not as constant or severe as military combat, but trauma never...

Medicine comes in all shapes and sizes from pills to exercise and at times even a heart felt experience. Recently, I attended a free outdoor concert presented by St. John’s College in Santa Fe. These concerts are presented throughout the summer; however, this week also was the opening week of the International Folk Art Market. The Folk Art Market occurs one weekend a year and brings in artisans from all over the world. St John’s College in...