hmmm? is this like asking - is the world good? or evil? if everything is vibrating, then yes, fundamentally, all vibrations must be good. are the effects of all vibrations good? that one, i'd say - not necessarily. depends on the circumstances and the intention. one example is ultrasound technology. this is a potentially lifesaving and life-altering technology which is basically just waves, vibrations, projected into the body. usually between 2-4 megahertz, they're actually classified as radiation, not sound, which comes between 20 hz and 20 kilohertz. these waves are recorded as they bounce back and the resulting images tell us a lot about what's going on inside the body without opening anybody up. pretty handy.
one questionable use for this technology is on babies in the womb. in certain circumstances, ultrasound may be helpful, like when there's bleeding in early pregnancy, when the baby's not growing, suspected multiple fetuses, etc. even these situations are questionable, but when there is a legitimate medical reason for ultrasound in utero, many believe the risks outweigh the benefits. there's more debate, however, about the effects of routine ultrasound, especially repeated routine ultrasound, on the growing fetus. when ultrasound waves get into human tissue, they can heat up little pockets of gases to "several thousand degrees celsius, creating toxic products, some of which may be harmful." studies have shown numerous negative effects of ultrasounds, which many people consider safe. these include miscarriage, intrauterine growth retardation, low birth weight, poorer condition at birth, dyslexia, delayed speech development, etc. autism experts are now also tentatively linking this procedure to autism. so anyway, my feeling is most babies having a whole bunch of unnecessary ultrasounds are probably not coming out of the womb humming beach boys' songs - "good, good, good, good vibrations..."
resonance in my world:
resonance is a wonderful instant feedback mechanism. one way we can evaluate the safety of our world. feeling alive in the woods. feeling tense in the city. when my natural frequency is matched by my environment, human or otherwise, i feel at home, energized, activated, peaceful, good. when my natural resonance is a mismatch with my environment, i feel an automatic armoring or contraction of my being, slightly or greatly uncomfortable. an instinctual reaction, intended to prevent me from being destroyed or made impotent by hanging out too long in places and situations which don't compliment or support my existence here on earth. i also find it's possible to override these natural protective mechanisms, and most of us do it all the time in order to get along in the world, even at our own great, unacknowledged peril. (when was the last time you resonated with a plastic cup? or a gas pump? or hospital room?)
connections between energy and qi:
energy and qi both make up all that is. everything not only contains these, but actually is one of these, from either western scientific or eastern philosophical viewpoints. each of these is real as we know them, human explanations of phenomena that we encounter in our daily lives. each of us chooses to be more or less tuned in to the presence of both energy and qi, but they exist, regardless of our awareness of them.
both energy and qi seem to be something everyone wants more of. "i need energy!" in chinese medicine we spend a lot of time strengthening, tonifying, building qi. fortunately, although the world is currently at war over energy, qi, though sometimes devitalized, remains free for the absorbing.
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