Chinese medicine holds that there are hundreds of points on the body that link to invisible pathways for the body's vital energy, or qi. The theory goes that stimulating the correct points with acupuncture needles can release blocked qi.
Here's an explanation of reactive mind:
Take the example of child who is bitten by a dog. He experiences quite a bit of pain and some unconsciousness during this. However, also recorded in the reactive mind are the details of her environment, where she was, what it looked like, what she heard, etc. Everything.
Get away from that mad dog!
Later, as a child or an adult, she sees a similar dog to the one that bit her, or maybe even just hears a dog and is in a similar place - the reactive mind restimulates. She can reexperience the pain in that engram, both physical and emotional.
2007-09-26 12:19:49 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
lol I'm not a scientologist by the way but I've never heard of people being harassed over acupuncture.
2007-09-26 12:25:00 · update #1
Auditing is not scientifically sound. In fact, the entire scientific and psychological community laughed at Hubbard, calling his "Dianetics" quackery and nonsense.
That's probably why he hated psychiatry so much...
There have been investigations which looked into the efficacy of acupuncture, yielding mixed results.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accupuncture#Scientific_research_into_efficacy
2007-09-26 12:24:00 · answer #1 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Dianetics was the invention of one les than intellectually gifted "B" grade Sci-Fi writer that wanted to get rich quick. Acupressure and the more commonly known Accupuncture were developed over a long time by many different men and women in Chin. Accupuncture/Accupressure have proven themselves. L. Ron Hubbard still has not proven himself to be more than a quack. Even modern medicine has to admit that the Chinese arts are valid. No respected Medial Professional would make such claim for Hubbard and his pseudo-science.
2007-09-26 12:27:43 · answer #2 · answered by cowboy_christian_fellowship 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well chinese medicine has several thousand years behind it, while scientology is made up by a science fiction author on a bet.
I'll let you evaluate the difference.
Edit:
Let me stress the word "BET" for all the people who assume the worst. This has been documented and hubbard tried to stop it earlier on. His son on the other hand...
2007-09-26 12:28:29 · answer #3 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Acupuncture has been proven effective for thousands of years. It's the drug companies that are against it. I don't know about the effectiveness of Dianetics, but it's popularity is getting off like a lead balloon.
2007-09-26 12:33:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No of course they're both sane and sensible .. I mean don't you believe in God, Father Xmas, the Easter Bunny, Happy marriage, military intelligence and other factual creatures and things .. most people do .. they're called oxymoron's
2007-09-26 12:24:30 · answer #5 · answered by The old man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think there are any recorded cases of Accupuncture killing anyone.
The same cannot be said for Scientology.
2007-09-26 12:26:21 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just read a study yesterday that showed that FAKE ACUPUNCTURE (no needles actually piercing the skin) has as good a healing rate as ACTUAL ACUPUNCTURE.
HEALING IS ALL ABOUT FAITH.
2007-09-26 12:25:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It really depends on whether you prefer hamburgers or rice.
2007-09-27 04:28:18 · answer #8 · answered by HAIQU_OZ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're both nonsense, with no basis in reality.
CD
2007-09-26 12:25:33 · answer #9 · answered by Super Atheist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh spare me.
2007-09-26 12:23:26 · answer #10 · answered by gilliegrrrl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋