Ted Cibik's Inner Strength: Recent Comments

Comment on Did Jesus Ever Get Cancer

2009-11-09T08:14:12Z

You have rightly pointed out that being human means that you have the tendency to fall sick. And all these great people you have mentioned always claimed themselves to be no more than a human. So, it is logical to say that they might have fallen ill in some point of their life.

Comment on Surviving the Crossroads of Transition

2009-08-27T11:39:19Z

Hello Ted,I just read your comments about the death of your mother.Wish I could give you some male feedback,but I'm not that. I'm truly sorry for your loss and I understand what you are saying about time to grieve, it never really ends.

Comment on Surviving the Crossroads of Transition

2009-08-15T03:59:43Z

Dr. Cibik,
again I am sorry for the loss of your mom. I am so grateful that I read this entry because no, my parents have not died but ever since there divorce and my dad moved away and does not speak to me, I wish i had a brother or sister to discuss things with. I never cared growing up but now there has been many occasion when i wish I had someone to discuss things with. I know this was about you trying to deal with your loss, but it was nice to hear that a "macho guy" like you has trouble dealing with this too. Like you said you often hear about help for women because men are suppose to be cool and not grieve and be able to deal with death with out help etc. I hate it when McKenzie says "I don't want to be alone" when we ask her to go do something by herself because I already worry about her being an only child later. Becaue I "feel alone" a lot of the times and I know when I loose my mom it will be even worse!! I pray that everyday is getting a little easier for you and that you remember special memories of your mom. Sorry I felt the urge to vent for a little bit instead of just sypathizing!

Comment on Surviving the Crossroads of Transition

2009-08-07T22:32:46Z

Your work with me in the months after my mother's passing was enormously healing. But it's only now after two years and a couple months that I feel like fully "being in the world again" and participating in social events, rather than being reclusive. The process to me feels like waves of feelings, memories and release, and then getting up once more.

Comment on Surviving the Crossroads of Transition

2009-06-06T13:29:03Z

Very touching. It's a blessing to know that your mother is experiencing life in at another frequency now. She is an ancestor and you can always call her . It's a gift we have to be the vessel of god on earth so she's just no longer in a vehicle the (physical body) but I know you miss her, I lost my step father in feb. 2009 he was very weak and I used my iching oracles to see what day I should get home to be there before he passed on and to be there for my mother because I knew she would take it hard. Well I followed the oracles like always and god said to be there on Thursday and I did and I had 2 hours with him and a room full of my sisters and mother and my step fathers family and I was holding his hand and chanting to him because when I made it to the hospitol he had been in a struggle all day to breath and he kept waking from a deep sleep trying to breath but couldn't I watched him suffer, the doctors gave up on him. Well i never actually saw him with his eyes open he was in and out... So I held his hand and chanted and talked to him then he took his last breaths as I spoke to him, he waited until we all got to the hospitol and then he passed over, he was always smart like that and he always put everybody elses' needs before his own. He is wonderful and I miss him too. But it was easier knowing that I made it because I listened to god tell me when to get there and I made it. I pour libation to his ka... Thanks for sharing Ted. Your story was do touching it made me think of this wonderful person. Peace be onto both of them

Comment on Surviving the Crossroads of Transition

2009-06-03T18:24:45Z

I'm still going through the grieving process myself. The death of my mother in 2005 was a startling blow to the whole family, the emotions cutting very deep. It's a subject that is not talked about very much in our family, at least between myself and other family members. It's hard feeling like I have this burden alone, but then I think of all the good qualities my mother gifted to the world. Most importantly, she was a healer. She dedicated her life to reducing the suffering of others as a CRNA, and she was damn good at it. She was a caring mother and wife, and I still see her influence in my life everyday, whether I recognize it or not.

Comment on Surviving the Crossroads of Transition

2009-05-30T21:15:12Z

Hi Ted my friend,

first of all let me send you along the internet, my deep support to you in this difficult moment.

Iam with you about what u said about men and this macho estereotype, we live in this cynical society.
Just to send my love to your beautiful mother´s soul, anywhere she is now,
that I bett will better than here.
ALl the best, for a good soul like you
carlos

Comment on Surviving the Crossroads of Transition

2009-05-26T14:25:35Z

Thank you Ted for sharing this most difficult of experiences with us. Though I am not an only child, my sister and I are not as close as I would like. When my father was last hospitalized, it was my wife and I that witnessed his death throes. You have indeed been blessed by your mother, as her great caring and patience reveal themselves in your own expression of these very same graces. Through you and your work we have all been blessed by her short presence here as well. Many thanks to you both.

Comment on Medical QiGong Certification with Dr. Ted Cibik

2009-02-03T18:38:13Z

Hi David,

Congratulations on following your dream as an acupuncturist!

It definitely sounds as you are a very hard worker and dedicated to fulfilling your passion.

Medical QiGong is for any age, no matter when you want to start and I would highly recommend its study if you want to become a great healer.

In Chapter 25 of the Su Wen, it speaks of the 5 prerequisits that a practitioner needs to become a great healer. One of these is self-cultivation, which is another definition for Medical QiGong.

Please understand that you are predominately using left brain activities throughout the day - logic and programming plus learning of facts (herbs, points etc) The Medical QiGong system that I teach acclimates you to utilize right brain as well as integrate the two brains into one agreeable force. By feeling this balance, not only will school and work flow more smoothly for you, but you will be better able to serve your clients as well!

Blessings and Good luck in your journey!

Dr. Ted J. Cibik, Ph.D., ND, DMQ (China), CHFS

Zhong Yi 中醫

Comment on Medical QiGong Certification with Dr. Ted Cibik

2009-02-01T23:54:55Z

Hello.
I'm a 57 year old second year student in TMC at Midwest College of Oriental Medicine in Wisconsin. I also work full time as web applications programmer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
I'm very interested in medical QiGong and am wondering if it is realist for someone of my age to start down it's path.
I'm finding it very difficult to maintain the present TCM study load with a forty hour work week. I spend most of my time programming 3-tier computers to talk to each other. At the end of the day, I'm beat and find it hard to memorize herbs, formulas, acupuncture points and meridian style medicine.
I currently, take a 20 week class in Tai Chi that will finish in May. Is there a QiGong program that you can recommend that would help one in clinic while needling patients?
About quieting the mind, I spend so much time inside my head at work it seems strange to be spending more time isolating myself in meditation.
Thoughts and dialogs appreciated.
Chi-ers!
David