KOWS 92.5 FM radio recording above of the
Scent of Light episode from Radio Spotlight Magazine with host
Andre' Marc, includes background music Andre' has chosen: Manose Suskera,
Solo Bamboo Flute; Label: 2002 Garuda Records);
The audio file below is the spoken word recording
without background music provided to Radio KOWS 92.5 FM broadcast of the
Scent of Light episode for insert into the Radio Spotlight Magazine
with host Andre' Marc.
Transcript
On this episode of the Scent of Light I will speak on healing.
Healing is one of the Ten Words to the Creative Spirit, in which my mentor
Dr. William Hermanns’ wrote:
Give me Healing so spirit is the light of the
flesh.
Each of us can be at either end of healing, as an
influential agent of healing and as a recipient of healing. Often a healed
person becomes a Healer. There is more than a renewal of body cells
involved. One’s Consciousness is touched and a deeper understanding revealed
of one being a integral part of the human community and the nature that
makes up our environment.
Recently my Tai Chi Chuan teacher came into the
morning class to circle us up to see a photo of his 10-week old baby
grandson. He then asked us what we would do as a teacher: Cancel the class
and drive to Stanford Hospital to be there as the baby grandson is operated
on by surgeons; or come to teach the regularly scheduled class? Some
students said they would go to the hospital. One student, also a
grandmother, felt the chi energy in the class would assist in the healing
and that the teacher should teach the class. The teacher agreed with this
student. He said that at the very moment of meeting with us in the class his
10-week old grandson was being operated for a severe liver impairment, and
that he felt being at the class would build up the Chi in him as support for
his grandson as the surgeons operated. He then led us in practicing a set of
Tai Chi Chuan.
Our teacher did not know that we students had been
planning a holiday gift for him: a hand-made quilt by one of the students
incorporating contributions of art and photos from the class. My poem 100
Words to Describe the Tao of a Stalk of Wheat was printed onto fabric
and it was added as a panel on the back in the center. The quilt contained
colorful triangular shapes and Chinese characters placed to represent our
class mantra: "We are a school of fish; we are a flock of birds; we are a
group of Tai Chi Masters." This emphasized the consciousness of our moving
in unison with one another as we felt the Chi moving within and around our
own bodies.
After the first set, we again circled around our
teacher and this time we surprised him with the presentation of the colorful
quilt. We told him that we infused our love into this quilt every move of
the way to completion and presentation. His choice to teach us that day,
rather than run hurriedly off with his wife, perhaps worriedly to the
hospital, was a testament to his following his intuition and knowledge of
the power of Chi from traditions of ancient China and his own daily practice
and teaching. He was able to experience first his students' love and
gratefulness through the gift of the quilt.
When he left the class with his wife to drive the 2
hours to the hospital, he was vibrating with our healing and caring love
that included his grandson in overcoming this early challenge in life. We
students left the class aware of our part in the healing gift. Our teacher
later posted a photo with his grandson after the surgery with the blanket on
his bed. Not only was the grandson's surgery successful, but all of us in
the class experienced a quantum leap in the understanding of Chi and
compassion, which was the spirit that lit the way for our flesh into
creating this quilt and lit our teacher's intuition to come to teach the
class and receive the gift.
As my mentor wrote, Give me Healing so spirit is
the light of the flesh.
This is Ken Norton on the Scent Of Light. You can
contact me via Ken at KennethENorton.com. The Scent of Light episodes are
archived on the web at kennethenorton.com that is k e n n e t h e n o r t o
n dot com. Thanks for listening.
Ken Norton earned his master's degree in Materials Science from Stanford
University as the Vietnam War was ending. During that time Ken served as the
personal assistant to a poet/sociologist Dr. William Hermanns as he prepared
his writings for publication, exposing Ken to not only the sciences but also
the humanities and comparative religion for making conscious and
conscionable choices.
Ken is a regular contributor to Radio Spotlight Magazine with his episodes
on the Scent of Light. Ken lives in Santa Rosa with his life partner Elaine
and their little dog Rosey.
Photos below are from the Presentation of the Quilt in our
Golden
Dragon Tai Chi Chuan class to our teacher Master David Chung on December 19,
2018, that was mentioned this episode on Healing.
Presentation of the Quilt to Tai Chi Chuan Master
David Chung. December 19, 2018. Photo by Phillip Henderson.
100 Words to Describe the Tao a Stalk of Wheat
by Kenneth E. Norton, panel on the quilt. Photo by David Chung. Refer to the
On the Scent of Light episode on the
poem on July 8, 2018 and you
can hear the poet recite the poem.
The Quilt on the grandson's hospital bed.
Photo by David Chung.
Gloria and David Chung holding their grandson 5 days
after the operation. December 24,
2018
Ken Norton in practice of Tai Chi Chuan
2018 Photo by Elaine B. Holtz
I co-produce Women's Spaces Show with my loving partner and its host
Elaine B. Holtz. Take a visit. All the shows are archived on the website.
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I am the Trustee and Archivist. Visit the website I built in honor of my
mentor.
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Be still and know,
We're in the flow
Of Love to grow
From seeds we sow.*
Kenneth E. Norton
* stanza from his poem Intuition's Joy
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