Did You Figure It Out?
In the last post I described my experience with a student who didn’t respond to the usual muscle testing procedure. I also asked you to see if you can figure out why he didn’t and what I did to change the test so he did respond.
Here’s the answer to that question:
This man was particularly well defended. He had probably been severely traumatized earlier in his life and responded by developing the ability to neutralize anyone else’s energy that might interfere with him. And he was very good at it! He confirmed this in some detail to me after the class.
Recognizing this, I realized that he couldn’t be ‘made’ to demonstrate a weak muscle test since he’d just neutralize any effort to do this. So I took a different approach.
The mental question I directed towards him before testing his arm strength went like this:
“Thank you for your willingness to participate in this testing process. Before we do anything more, I want to let you know that I would never do anything to harm you in any way. Your safety and well-being is of the highest importance to me.
“With that being the case, and only if it is 100% okay with you for the purpose of learning something valuable and useful to you, would you be willing to demonstrate what a weak arm test would look like?”
Then I waited for an energy response.
People ask me what that response is like. My best way of describing it is by saying that it’s like a blip on a radar screen. In other words, there is a short pulse in the energy that happens almost immediately after asking the question.
The moment I felt that pulse in the energy is when he looked at me and said, “You have good intent!” And then his arm went down easily.
The Real Lesson
This was a wonderful opportunity to see how powerful pure intention can be. By approaching him in a compassionate and receptive way, he was able to set aside his usual defensive response and learn something new about how energy works.
This experience reminded me of the saying from Chapter 72 of the Tao Te Ching, where it says, “When people no longer fear your power, this is a sign that a greater power is coming.”
It turns out that compassion is a greater power…
Be well,
Dr. Bruce
Angie said,
October 29, 2008 at 11:34 am
Dr Bruce,
This message was so powerful it gave me chills as I read it. Thankyou so much for sharing.
Angie B.